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TIL that the song "Welcome Christmas" from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" is a partially translated hymn from an isolated village in northern Norway called Hu, which Whoville is based on.

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j59R TIL in the 70s the US tapped an underwater comm line located between two USSR harbors using navy divers deployed from a submarine. Submarines returned with divers every month to retrieve the tapes, and The soviets never found out despite having a network of sonar sensors!
N7Le1 TIL Interstellar, the film, contributed to our scientific understanding of black holes. When they ran a specially designed engine for producing CGI, they saw what they thought was a graphic bug. What it was, however, was imagery of what black holes actually look like.
bgP0 TIL Norway is the only national football team in the world that has never lost to Brazil. (2 wins and 2 draws)
5PvQ TIL Microsoft has 3x the amount of cash in the bank than the US Government.
W7kno TIL that the Hollywood Reporter published a column in 1937 criticizing actors for speaking out against Nazi Germany. The newspaper's managing editor chided stars who he said were courting "unpopularity" by speaking out against Hitler's regime.