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TIL a weird 'Boomerang' earthquake detected under the Atlantic Ocean. The temblor shot eastward across a deep gash in th seafloor, and then zipped back to where it started at incredible speeds. It moved so fast it created the geologic version of a sonic boom.

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oBjxR TIL the director of the 1969 "Spider-Man" movie shot the wall-climbing scenes by turning the camera sideways.
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46d6 TIL Isaac Newton stuck a needle in his eye, placing pressure on the eyeball, to study the human eye as a lens and how it perceives color.