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TIL Steven Spielberg went back to college after 33 years and submitted 'Schindler's List' to receive credits to graduate.

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4kv0g TIL Metallica's "Master of Puppets" reached both the Billboard Hot 100 (no. 40) & the UK Top 40 (no. 22) for the first time ever in July 2022 after the 1986 metal classic was prominently featured in the Season 4 finale of Stranger Things.
ADNea TIL Jack Black's eponymous character in the 2006 comedy Nacho Libre is based on a real priest- Sergio Gutiérrez Benítez, who wrestled with the ring name "Fray Tormenta" (Friar Storm) in order to support an orphanage he founded.
1jxO TIL Soda is so corrosive, that without BPA or equivalent liner, an aluminum can would break after three days
9YJVQ TIL the pain from scratching makes your body release the pain-fighting chemical called serotonin. That's why the more you scratch, the more you itch
v1QwB TIL that the Eiffel Tower grows in summer. When it gets hot, the iron expands due to the heat and shrinks again in the winter. It grows by 6 inches each summer.