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TIL that the singular form of confetti is “confetto”.

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MW6b TIL the ‘hysteria’ created by Orson Welles’ 'War Of The Worlds’ was a myth created by newspapers to instil fear over the power of broadcast radio
LkJJZ TIL James Cromwell, the actor who played Farmer Hoggett in Babe, has since been arrested at least five times for animal rights activism
8ylb TIL that creating a Death Star would cost roughly $850,000,000,000,000,000 and that it would take about 833,000 years to build. It would also need a laser of 1,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms worth of matter to have enough energy to destroy a planet for each time it was fired.
dboK TIL that George C. Scott, who played Patton in the 1970 classic, refused to show up to the Oscar and accept his award because “The whole thing is a goddamn meat parade. I don’t want any part of it.”
OGAaR TIL I haven’t used cash in so long that the main penny circulating no longer has the Lincoln Memorial on the back.