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TIL that the famous Sailing Stones of Death Valley (USA) actual move due to being on thin sheets of ice and being pushed by incredibly high winds

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awBjy TIL That the film "The Killing Fields" cast a real life survivor of the Cambodian Genocide. Hang S. Ngor survived three terms in Cambodian Prison camp by eating insects. He went on to win an Academy Award for supporting actor. His fate ended by being murdered my an LA street gang in 1996.
XRm6 TIL that there are 600-700 men in the world with two penises.
nBnG TIL Pulp Fiction co-writer Roger Avary was convinced by QT to forfeit his cowriting credit and accept a “story by” credit, so the line “Written & Directed by Quentin Tarantino” could be used instead
R5rjj TIL that one of the earliest examples of ASCII art appears in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll (1865): Chapter III includes "A Long Tale" in the shape of a mouse's tail.
6E6JJ TIL that it is possible for a uranium deposit to spontaneously undergo nuclear fission, thus acting as a "natural" nuclear reactor capable of generating up to 100 kilowatts.