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TIL that “The Hound” is the same man responsible for the word “Yarp”. Actor Rory McCann played both Sandor “The Hound” Clegane in “Game of Thrones”, and Michael “Lurch” Armstrong the stock-boy/henchman in “Hot Fuzz”.

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4Ya5 TIL That sleeping under a weighted blanket can help reduce insomnia and anxiety
VMDJ8 TIL that the reason we get a runny nose after crying is because the leftover fluid that wasn’t shed through tears gets drained into the nose through the “lacrimal point” (that weird mysterious hole on your lower eyelid).
NkJP TIL microwaves use the 2.4 Ghz frequency to cook your food which is the same WIFI uses, causing interference.
0d9Bv TIL that the Greenlandic Inuit worked iron both from meteorites and lava flows that formed native iron metal.
5YGjP TIL The Hubble Space Telescope has already required 4 servicing missions (1993, 1997, 1999, 2002). The fifth mission, that was scheduled in 2005, was canceled following the Columbia disaster (2003). Hubble's problems began when it was discovered that its optical system had a flawed mirror.