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TIL a pre-Goosebumps R.L. Stine wrote Spaceballs: The Book, a young adult version of the story that substituted some of the stronger language and bits for child-friendly content. It remains the only exclusion to Lucasfilm’s “no tie-in” mandate.

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wLxeJ TIL that every day the average human heart pumps over 1800 gallons of blood through veins and other vessels
1aO1W TIL in 2014, scientist Michael J. Smith published a study on where it’s most and least painful to get stung by a bee. Most painful: nostril, lip, and penis shaft. Least painful: skull, middle toe tip, and arm. He won an IgNobel Prize.
Bjdr TIL the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World only existed simultaneously for a period of less than 60 years.
9wMEB TIL in 2004 a brawl broke out at an NBA game between the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers after Pacer Ron Artest has a beer thrown at him. The game was ended unfinished, 9 players including Artest were suspended, 5 players were charged with assault and 5 fans were permabanned from the venue.
WmGA TIL that the seats and curtains in theatres are red because red is the first colour that is lost to our sight in low-light conditions, which thus makes the surroundings seem black and unobtrusive when watching a movie or performance