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TIL According to a study on Academy Award speeches, Steven Spielberg has been thanked more than God

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v11JL In a study just published by Y-H Ryu of the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, and colleagues, the astronomers calculate that 'the planet' must be somewhere around 13 times the mass of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system.
5YOB9 TIL that Wilson the Volleyball from the movie Castaway was inspired when screenwriter William Broyles, Jr deliberately stranded himself for one week on an isolated beach in the Sea of Cortez in which a volleyball washed up on shore.
gDxX TIL college textbook prices have risen 1,041% since 1977 - more than three times inflation as a whole
AD85g TIL of a natural phenomenon called radiative cooling which the ancient Persians exploited to create ice, even when temperatures were above freezing
vYgK TIL that Norwegians are the only ones in the World with a ~0.0% IE6 usage.