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TIL that a Winnie The Pooh cast member was on trial in costume and only able to communicate through head nods, foot stomps and swings of his tummy

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ydYp TIL Lindsay Lohan was approached to star in The Hangover. She declined because the screenplay ‘had no potential’
8eMeZ TIL in 1995 a Hospital in Memphis anonymously received a $1 million McDonalds Monopoly game piece in the mail. McDonalds paid the hospital the prize of $50k for 20 years. It was later learned this piece was acquired as part of a years long scam and mailed to the hospital by the ring leader.
wLYvJ TIL that astronauts who return to Earth after a long time in space drop things in mid-air and expect them to float.
e0bDn TIL that every human being has a unique microbial identity. A microbial "trace" is left of us as we move about that is as unique a fingerprint and could one day be used in criminal forensics and bio-metric security.
mxeEP TIL: Puzzled for years, a French municipality finally offered a reward for the translation of “ROC AR B…DRE AR GRIO SE EVELOH AR VIRIONES BAOAVEL” and other 18th century markings on a person-sized stone often submerged until low tide. The deadline for submissions passed --no news of a breakthrough.