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TIL: Brian Wilson penned, “Don’t Worry Baby” in response to The Ronnettes, “Be My Baby”

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9w6kr TIL that the largest territorial claim in antarctica is made by Australia, totalling an area of 5,896,500 km2
Vky0 TIL that if the Andromeda Galaxy were visible to the naked eye, it would be six times larger than the moon in the night sky
n0wY TIL on April Fools Day 1976, English astronomer Patrick Moore stated to radio listeners that due to “a conjunction of Jupiter and Pluto” gravity would noticeably decrease on Earth. Shortly after, the BBC received hundreds of calls from people reporting they had felt the decrease in gravity.
gM9wb TIL because the producers of The Lord of the Rings had difficulty finding men with horseback riding experience to play the extra soldiers, many of the "Riders of Rohan" were actually women.
4LN5 TIL the State Hermitage Museum in Russia has a team of cats that prowl the museum to protect the artwork against rodents. The cats even carry a passport with a photo.