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TIL of Emergence, the phenomenon of complex systems, like ant colonies and cells, coming from simpler pieces.

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PY9AV TIL FOX only averaged a couple of thousand viewers per day in the UK. It was pulled off the air because it was not commercially viable.
OEKa TIL in 585 BCE, a solar eclipse in Greece ended a war between the Medes and the Lydians. Both sides saw it is as a portent, threw down their weapons, and negotiated a treaty.
4pK5 TIL Before shooting Dogma, Kevin Smith warned Jason Mewes that he needed to be on point due to the involvement of actors such as Alan Rickman. Mewes then memorized the dialogue for every character in the entire screenplay. His motivation? Because he “didn’t want to piss off that Rickman dude.”
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Y58B TIL Ireland’s reputation for scholarship in the early medieval period was so good that many scholars traveled from Britain and the European mainland to study in Irish schools