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TIL that the “coastline paradox” makes measuring around bodies of water and coastlines mathematically impossible.

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PpLE TIL a scientist needed, for a control group, a man who has never watched porn. He couldn’t find one.
yVAPv TIL that the RMS Carpathia, the ship that picked up the Titanic survivors, was sunk by a German submarine six years later.
YpAxx TIL Disney composer Alan Menken came from a family of dentists and trained at medical school. He was a poor student, "wild hippie" and barely finished NYU. 8 Oscars, 10 Grammys, 7 Golden Globes later, Menken is now a star at NYU with a doctorate and scholarship in his name
goEA TIL that the movie “Escape from Tomorrow” was filmed in its entirety in Disney World, without Disney knowing about it. The actors read their scripts off of cell phones to keep themselves hidden.
e0NK6 TIL that in the early 2000s, Sony was accused of fuelling conflict in central Africa and exploiting child slaves to obtain minerals for use in the manufacture of Playstations