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TIL the way the sun "gives" people vitamin D is by converting cholesterol in the skin to vitamin D.

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jWPE TIL that when Carrie Fisher was asked wether she knew that Star Wars would be as successfull as it turned out to be she said “Yes, I knew. We all knew. The only one who didn’t know was George. We kept it from him because we wanted to see what his face looked like when it changed expression.”
Lkn90 TIL you only need to buy 14 calendars and you're set for life because there are only 14 possible calendar configurations (assuming you dont also follow the lunar calendar).
Z8rnY TIL In a temperate climate, a human body can completely decompose into a skeleton in 3 weeks to several years. If undisturbed by animals, acids in fertile soils can dissolve human skeletons in around 20 years. In sand or neutral soil, the skeleton can remain intact for hundreds of years.
e0gPD Contrary to long-standing theory, organized religion appeared long before cultures began adopting agriculture.
LMaZ TIL Deep Roy, the one actor who played all the Oompa Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was required to do so many different takes for the film the Screen Actor’s Guild determined each Oompa Loompa was a seperate performance and he was paid $1,000,000 for his work.