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TIL The St. Johns River is the longest river in Florida, and the longest river in the United States that flows northward

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e0abk TIL the dwarf actors in the 1987 film The Garbage Pail Kids Movie could only survive in their costumes for five to seven minutes before their oxygen depleted, so a paramedic with a stop watch was required on set in order to keep the takes quick, and the actors from asphyxiating.
Oo16g TIL about an old film from 1915 called Filibus, Though Italian reviews at the time of its release were negative, Filibus has been well received by later writers and film historians, who have highlighted the film's pioneering use of lesbian attraction, genderfluidity , and science fiction motifs.
9wOQ TIL The nursey rhyme “Jack and Jill” was based on the beheading of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
ADgro TIL Moken Children have the ability to make their pupils as small as humanly possible, and change the shape of their lens to give them better vision beneath the water....much like dolphins can.
1aXAP TIL there are only three native land mammals to New Zeal, and all three are Bats.