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TIL Andre the Giant loved his role and the movie "The Princess Bride" as Fezzik so much that he invited his wrestling co-stars, including Lanny "Leaping" Poffo to his hotel SIX TIMES to watch the movie and would enthusiastically ask them how he did.

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dEXB TIL that the fictional material “Transparent Aluminium”, in the 1986 film Star Trek IV, became an experimental reality in 2009
nWeLr TIL coin / button battery numbers reflect their physical size. For example the popular CR2032 battery you may have heard of means its 20MM in diameter and 3.2MM in height. The CR2477 is a 24MM diameter 7.7MM in height battery.
x6kaD TIL the educational cartoon Cyberchase is still producing new episodes
4XWRN TIL there was a mission to launch an ISRO astronaut, in one of the NASA Space shuttles in 1986, which got cancelled following the challenges disaster.
6ZkZ TIL that one of the main hypothesis explaining the massive dislike of clowns is the “uncanny valley effect”. The term depicts a valley of negative emotional response caused by things that look human but “aren’t quite there”