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TIL there is an office in Beijing that can literally control the weather

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dekd TIL that Shirley Henderson, the girl who played Moaning Myrtle (the ghost in the bathroom) was actually 37 years old when she played the character in the Harry Potter series.
x6rkD TIL Marie Curie's notebook from 1899–1902, containing notes from experiments on radioactive substances, is still radioactive and will be for 1,500 years.
jN8a TIL there was once a shark with a circular saw for a mouth.
QNQwM TIL Kathleen Turner accused Nicolas Cage of stealing a dog and drunk driving on the set of "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986). Cage sued her for defamation and won. In exchange he received a public apology from Turner and admission from her publisher that her claims were false and defamatory.
0PaL TIL Police SWAT sniper Mike Plumb managed to shoot a revolver out of a suicidal person’s hand.