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TIL that 120 battle suits representing “grunts, dogs and tanks” weighing up to 130 pounds (59 kg) were handcrafted for Edge of Tomorrow. Each actor needed 4 people to help put on the suits and between takes they would be suspended by chains from iron frames to take the weight off their shoulders.

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X0ewP TIL “Vaginas” have 6 holes in total. Besides the vaginal canal and uretha, two vestibule called Skene’s glands lay below the uretha to lubricate the uretha. Another two vestibules called Bartholin’s glands below the vagina serve to lubricant the vagina.
Obge TIL that unlike Newton’s formulation that states gravity is instantaneous, it actually travels at the speed of light. If the sun were to instantly disappear, we would continue revolve around it for eight minutes.
m17Oy TIL about Nobuo Fujita, the only Axis pilot to aerial bomb the contiguous US. After the war, he gifted the target city (Brookings, OR) his family’s 400 year old katana. He was made an honorary citizen of the city before passing.
ANDW7 TIL the Irish government developed a plan for an invasion and occupation of Northern Ireland in 1970, during the Troubles.
nWZeY TIL Titanic is the only movie to earn $1 billion that is not part of a franchise or based on preexisting intellectual property (i.e. Barbie).