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TIL that Eugene Levy missed the moon landing because he got a job as a cameraman on a soft core porno film.

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kPpe TIL that a meteorite exploded over the Mediterranean in 1999. Had it occurred a few hours earlier on the same latitude, it would have triggered a nuclear war between India and Pakistan who were fighting the Kargil War at that time.
9XEX TIL Tic tacs are almost pure sugar but due to their weight are allowed to be labeled as zero sugar per serving.
WkVLo TIL Sperm Whales in Alaskan waters steal fish from fishing lines by tracking the noise from boats' motors. This feeding behaviour is called depredation and experts think it is learned by the whales.
QZ8L TIL that Double Stuf Oreos only have 1.86 times the amount of stuffing
xGr1 TIL that Leland Stanford had the privilege of driving the Golden Spike that completed the Transcontinental Railroad. Stanford had never used a sledgehammer, and he missed the spike.