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TIL: The sun and moon appear to be the same size because of an astonishing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller but 400 times closer.

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nlvb TIL that the film “Being John Malkovich” was difficult to sell to production companies because the writers chose John Malkovich as the titular character. One studio exec asked “Why the fuck can’t it be Being Tom Cruise?”
oBpNr TIL that the pepper spray used by law enforcement agencies has some of the highest ratings (2M - 4.5M SHUs)on the Scoville Scale -- the measurement of the pungency (spiciness or "heat"). The rank alongside/higher than some of the hottest Capsicum chili peppers on the planet.
LQv0Z TIL India has a vast and rich (and unexplored) dinosaur fossil beds which is not even well known in India
1a9e7 TIL the bobsled used in the film Cool Runnings was stolen from a bar in Calgary where it sat since the film wrapped.
woGOP TIL that Super Bowl shirts made for the losing team get donated to a nonprofit aid group, which then donates the shirts to impoverished nations