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TIL that Jack Black’s parents are both rocket scientists.

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EWod TIL of the Holodomor, “Extermination by hunger”, a man-made famine that killed millions in Soviet Ukraine
Yprpv TIL that during the making of the Star Wars prequel films, Hayden Christensen had to be told be George Lucas to stop making lightsaber noises as they were filming battles.
rwGw TIL that during September 2009, a ‘Gollum’ like creature was discovered in Panama after it terrified children when it slithered out of a lake and clambered over the rocks towards them.
epNeL TIL the 2004 "Thailand tsunami" killed an estimated 227,898 people, including 170,000 people in Indonesia
oE0W TIL that NASA, during the Apollo program, had to rename urinal sleeves in sizes “small, medium, and large” to “large, gigantic, and humongous” because astronauts would only select large (regardless of their size) and the sleeves kept slipping off.