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TIL that it is cheaper to buy and resell a textbook than rent one

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vyJR TIL: That if the same solar flare that hit the earth in 1859 were to hit today, it would cause TRILLIONS of dollars in communication and satellite disruptions and would be the largest natural disaster of all time.
o5Er TIL in the original pitch for Bob’s Burgers the family were actually cannibals that made their burgers out of human flesh. FOX found the idea to be too dark.
OoYpX TIL "Orko" from He–Man & the Masters of the Universe was originally named "Gorpo". The cartoon company Filmation was so cheap they changed his name to "Orko" so they could flip & reuse his animation cells more efficiently. Originally he had a big "G" on him that couldn't be reversed like an "O".
R7E94 TIL that the crime that led Sisyphus to push a boulder was cheating death. He made his wife not bury him properly before he died, chained death, and tricked Persephone into letting him briefly return to earth to scold his wife and ran away instead of returning to hell.
DbV TIL that the 1806 version of “Jack & Jill” has fifteen verses and that falling down the hill isn’t their only misfortune