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TIL That perceiving time faster or slower than what it is is known as the Kappa Effect.

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y47J TIL James Gunn has created a “Groot version” of the script for both Guardians of the Galaxy films, which is given to Vin Diesel. It includes dialogue for Groot which clarifies what he is attempting to get across each time he says his catchphrase
GAlQE TIL that the largest church in the world is The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, the administrative capital of Ivory Coast. It can accommodate 18,000 worshipers, but ordinary liturgies conducted at the basilica are usually attended by only a few hundred people.
bvJQ TIL that after needing 13 liters of blood for a surgery at the age of 13, a man named James Harrison pledged to donate blood once he turned 18. It was discovered that his blood contained a rare antigen which cured Rhesus disease. He has donated blood a record 1,000 times and saved 2,000,000 lives.
xjob TIL a physician who went by the code name “Dr. Feelgood” routinely injected JFK, Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Mantle, Truman Capote, and Elvis Presley with methamphetamines that they became dependent on.
vQ8 TIL that the TARDIS materialisation sound is actually a house key scraping along a piano wire