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TIL- The first movie ever watched on the ISS was ‘The Sixth Sense’ and no one really liked it much.

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nWeDB TIL that during one of the Beatles' shows for their 1966 U.S. Tour, over 2,000 fans broke through the security barriers separating the audience from the stage, forcing the band to stop performing and take shelter backstage. 30 minutes passed before security was restored and the show could resume.
VMjPm TIL : When suitable environment conditions are given, the probability of an American nickel landing on edge is approximately 1 in 6000 tosses.
epRJD TIL of "Snickers salad", a dish from the Upper Midwestern United States often served at potlucks that consists of chopped-up Snickers bars, Granny Smith apples, Cool Whip, and pudding. Popular lore states it is either a salad or a dessert depending on which end of the table it is sitting at.
xmyB TIL an MIT professor found such a strong correlation between essay length and SAT score that “if you just graded them based on length without ever reading them, you’d be right over 90 percent of the time.”
ADYEw TIL that the Swedish version of "John Doe" is "Sven Svensson" and that the Swedish equivalent of "Average Joe" is "Medel-Svensson" (Average Svensson).