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TIL a single Parrot fish creates up to 1000 lbs of sand per year as its poop.

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8yL TIL the Higgs Boson was originally nicknamed “the Goddamn Particle” not “the God Particle”.
4kD5X TIL ageism is self fulfilling
M7grb TIL though it's long been prized for its clarity and luxurious feel, "crystal glass," also called Lead Glass, contains up to 40% lead by mass. It has been proposed that the historic association of gout with the upper class was, in part, caused by their extensive use of lead crystal to store alcohol.
b9mRZ TIL the canyon where R2-D2 was attacked by Jawas is the same place where the Ark of the Covenant was opened in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
d0yj TIL the sexual imagery in Alien film was intentional, screenwriter Bannon had said about it, “I’m going to attack the men in the audience sexually. I am going to put in every image I can think of to make them cross their legs. Homosexual oral rape, birth. The thing lays its eggs down your throat.”