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TIL beetles constitute almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms

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vPVYj TIL that in order to get the right emotional reaction from his two leading men on "Hello, Sister!", Erich von Stroheim tied a 12-ft piece of string to their tallywackers, ran it down their pant leg, and would yank on it.
d8ed TIL the largest desert in the world is Antarctica, as a desert doesn’t need to be hot but only lose moisture more than it gains
WkgLL TIL astronaut Wally Schirra would take pictures of his frozen pee as it floated through space, glinting with sunlight. The pee-flakes looked like a beautiful starfield, he said. One astronomer saw a photo & asked what constellation it was, and Schirra said "Jocelyn, that's the constellation Urion."
Oba4 TIL The D-day landing scene in Saving Private Ryan was so violent the film should have received an NC-17 rating, however received an R rating due to the “masterpiece exception.”
dpdK TIL that President Harry S. Truman’s middle name was literally the letter “S”