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TIL that Superman compresses his spine as Clark Kent to become shorter in order to help hide his identity

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j6yXn TIL The fella who invented the two-liter bottle was also CEO of Apple!
OPd7 TIL feral goats on the Galapagos Islands were eradicated by attaching a radio location collar to a “Judas” goat. When it returned to the herd all goats were shot except the Judas goat. When it relocated to another herd the process was repeated until only the Judas goat remained, which was then shot.
GYWKj TIL that NASA's 50-year project to research gravity and prove Einstein's theory of gravity was nearly abandoned after its research probe's instruments were off. It was saved by the donations of Turki Al Saud, a Saudi Prince whom holds a PHD in Aeronautics and Astronautics
N7koN TIL there’s even a crater on the moon named after a Confederate officer.
oRBoR TIL that the Truman Show was originally a dark thriller which took place in a New York-style city. It took many drafts of the script to arrive at the comedy-drama that eventually made it to screen.