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TIL that Hans Zimmer for the film Interstellar composed some of the score in specific BPM (Beats per minute) to match the time of each planet they were on.

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DQDEJ TIL Apollo astronauts carried up an RPG to the moon and fired it
awRAA TIL when a girl reported regular nocturnal hauntings, an investigation found the bedside clock generated electromagnetic pulses with waveforms similar to those found to trigger epileptic seizures. When the clock was removed, the visions stopped.
Ooa9g TIL that figs are carnivorous and get pollinated by "eating" fig wasps who mistake female figs or male figs.
lXO1 TIL that in the 1940’s, 300 men, a measuring tape, a line on the floor and a movie camera were used to discover that the distance record for semen ejaculation is just shy of 8 feet (15:15).