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TIL there is a relationship between pedophilia and lower IQ

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Z8ZQR TIL that Peter Cullen — voice actor for Optimus Prime, the Predator, and many other voices in film — came up with the Predator's clicking sound because he was coughing blood after voicing King Kong's roars and couldn't do a traditional monster sound.
0d8gp TIL that the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León was killed after being struck by an arrow poisoned with manchineel sap. A present-day Spanish name is manzanilla de la muerte, "little apple of death". This refers to the fact that manchineel is one of the most toxic trees in the world.
5V6QR TIL The lyrics to the Beatles 1969 song “Golden Slumbers”, written by Paul McCartney, were taken from a 1603 lullaby, “Cradle Song”.
b66wE TIL hitting an elephant with a baseball bat is illegal in California
Y7nLZ TIL The slightest touch of room-temperature air molecules would immediately destroy Bose Einstein condensates, which are less than a millionth of a degree above zero. Their heat capacity is so low that they would not even be able to cool a grain of sand