TIL Doctor Who was originally created to be an educational show that taught kids about history and science

In the Beginning: The Story of the Creation of Doctor Who

Doctor Who has been on television so long that it holds the Guinness World Records for the longest running science-fiction series and the most succ...

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TIL the actor behind Blippi, a popular kids tv show performer, once created gross out videos under the moniker Steezy Grossman. In one such video, he defecated on a naked friend.

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TIL some people are born with TWO appendixes (appendix duplication), a very rare congenital anomaly that can cause recurrent appendicitis if one appendix is missed during surgery

Double appendixes: A rare case report - PMC

Anomalies of the appendix are rare, and one of the rarest is the double appendixes. Most anomalies of the appendix are observed in adults and are d...

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TIL English composer Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji - hailed as one of the finest brains since Da Vinci - was extremely reclusive. A self-described “claustrophiliac,” he planted 250+ trees around his house to deter visitors. He only met friends once or twice per year, and would accept only one at a time