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TIL: The groove on a vinyl record is on average around 500 meters long

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nleY TIL That after a test preview for Apollo 13, an audience member said he hated the movie because it had a “typical Hollywood ending” and that the crew should have not survived.
WkpON TIL Chiropractic was founded by a traveling religious miracle healer who belived that magnets could cure diseases. He was sent to jail in Iowa in 1906 for practicing medicine without a license. The American Medical Association later labelled chiropractors an "unscientific cult."
xlnB TIL Persians invented freezers over 2400 years ago. They could even create ice throughout the long, hot summers in the desert.
VMGNp TIL when mangoes were first imported to the Americas in the 17th century, they had to be pickled because of lack of refrigeration. Other fruits were also pickled and came to be called "mangoes", especially bell peppers, and in the 18th century, the word "mango" became a verb meaning "to pickle."
x6Odo TIL Spike Lee negotiated with a Brazilian drug lord to allow him to film Michael Jackson's 96 music video 'They Don’t Care About Us' in a Rio de Janeiro slum. The drug kingpin replied “With Michael Jackson here, this will be the safest place in the world.”