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TIL that the #1 movie on IMDb for years was the Godfather, but fans of the Dark Knight started giving it low ratings in an effort to make TDK the #1 movie. TDK didn't stay on top, but the Godfather was given just enough low ratings to make it fall to the #2 spot, behind the Shawshank Redemption

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gMoYA TIL that French grammarian Dominique Bouhours's last words were "I am about to -- or I am going to -- die: either expression is correct."
6EOYY TIL In 1960 between 14-55 million people died of starvation in China due to famine and human error, this wasn't known to the English-speaking world until 1993.
oOBW TIL Walt Disney had his mustache accidentally lit on fire by the animator Ken Anderson. Ken was worried that he’d be fired, and it was showing in his work, so Walt shaved his mustache and spent the week eating lunch with Ken so he wouldn’t feel so alienated.
P10LV TIL: "that cats can alter the frequency of their purr and meow to match the cry of a human baby"
EgGXw TIL that VLF, used to communicate with submarines, creates a bubble around the Earth that protects us from Solar Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections