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TIL that the Canadian penny was taken out of circulation and is saving taxpayers $11 million a year

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1awjD TIL in Tropic Thunder, Kirk Lazarus says “I don’t drop character til I done the DVD commentary.” Robert Downey Jr. remains in character while filming the commentary for the actual DVD.
6Ywm TIL the iconic whistling in Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” was originally a mistake. The song lyrics accidentally fell to the floor during the recording session and because studio time was running out, Redding improvised a whistled tune on the spot.
X01QQ TIL Frank Sinatra didn’t actually sing on beat but instead he would sing “around the music”
pYoPp TIL about the Khamar-Daban incident, when all but one of seven hikers trying to climb the Khamar-Daban mountains died with mysterious and unexplained symptoms.
Br5Pr TIL of the “Bonnacon,” a Medieval legendary bull that sprayed caustic feces at its pursuers, burning them, because it supposedly had useless horns.