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TIL there are more atoms in a grain of sand, than there are grains of sand on Earth

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yQLda TIL the kid starring in Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid" went on to become Uncle Fester in the Addams Family TV series (bonus he married Betty Grable too)
wxMo TIL that in 2013, a researcher at UW managed the first human to human brain interface through the Internet by wearing a cap and playing a video game. When he wanted to shoot a missile, he thought “fire” and another researcher across campus’s finger moved involuntarily and pressed the fire button.
WkvoX TIL there is a scientific study evaluating Disney’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad’s ability to assist in passing a kidney stone
NX74J TIL that there is one Academy Award winning performance that is lost: Emil Jannings won the first Best Actor prize for 'The Way of All Flesh', which has no known surviving complete copies.
lo8ZV TIL One bite from the Lone Star Tick can cause a permanent allergy to meat.