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TIL That recurring "common dreams" can reveal your current mental state.

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VMB9G TIL just after the big bang there was a giant cold spot in the universe which cannot be explained, but may have been caused by our universe colliding with another.
pYNmQ TIL that the creators of Phineas and Ferb had no idea what a platypus sounded like, so the chattering noise they had the voice actor for Perry the Platypus make was entirely coincidental to what an actual platypus sounded like
BrYDW TIL about Drachenloch, a Swiss cave. The remains of 30,000 cave bears were found inside, giving it its name (“Dragon’s Lair”).
NX7dP TIL an unnamed male director tried to cast Salma Hayek in his film, but the studio refused as "they couldn’t imagine a Mexican in space." The director later told Hayek he was ashamed and should have walked away but he needed the movie.
GYX4Q TIL In 1951 Thelma Howard was hired as a maid for Walt & Lillian Disney. Walt would gift her shares of Disney stock every X-mas for the next 30 yrs. She died in 1994 that's when it was discovered she still had all 192,000 shares valued at $9,000,000. It went to disadvantaged kids & her disabled son