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TIL Godzilla spends around 8 minutes in the movie created for him in 2014

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wLyY6 TIL that according to legend, the Greek philosopher Aeschylus was killed when an Eagle dropped a turtle on his head. Apparently, the bird mistook Aeschylus' bald head as a rock.
neMr9 TIL of Hawaii's "Forbidden Isle", an island bought by a Scottish woman for $10,000 in 1864. Access to the island or its 170 inhabitants requires special permission from the woman's great-great grandsons, who still own and control the island.
wo8mP TIL The World Factbook, published by the CIA, lists Australia’s coastline at 25,760 km (16,007 miles) and Japan’s at 29,751 km (18,486 miles). The World Factbook is wrong according to other measures which put Australia's coastline at 66,530 km (41,340 miles)
xDVo TIL that MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) was done at the ancient Olympics. It is called Pankration and is the only event that wasn’t reinstated with the creation of the modern Olympics.
oBj8R TIL the antibacterial soaps are not better than regular soaps, in fact studies show that antibacterial soaps causes the bacteria to increase its antibiotic resistance.