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TIL scientists believed that during the Inflationary Epoch, roughly 10^-36 seconds after the Big Bang, the universe expanded by a factor of at least 10^26 — 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, becoming the size of a grapefruit.

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8M84 TIL that in 2005, Iraqi terrorists held an action figure hostage and tried to claim that it was a U.S. Soldier.
b9VV0 TIL that Noah Hathaway, who played Atreyu in 1984s “The NeverEnding Story” also played a character named “Harry Potter Jr” in the 1986 cult classic "Troll”.
NXweN TIL that 7 Up contained lithium citrate, a mood-stabilizing drug, until 1948.
oBL4Y TIL that there’s a city in New Mexico named ‘Truth or Consequences’, the city chose to rename itself after a radio show contest in 1950.
awA1N TIL that proceeds from the Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon went towards funding the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Also, the members of the band were a fan of the comedy troupe, and often took breaks in the middle of their recording sessions to watch Monty Python’s Flying Circus.