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TIL that the reason names are rarely in the same order as the faces across a movie poster is because the name order is according to the billing order and contract-bound.

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xQoB TIL it is common for spiders to eat their own web daily to reuse the silk proteins.
lo66V TIL An elephant's skin can be up to 1 inch thick but is so sensitive it can feel a fly landing on it.
xVxwB TIL that Louis Armstrong, an influential jazz figure, didn't receive formal musical training until he was arrested for firing a pistol at age 11. In there, the music teacher, Peter Davis, taught him how to play the bugle and cornet. In retrospect, Louis said that was when "me and music got married."
Oogga TIL A Mauser C96 was modified to form Han Solo's prop blaster pistol for the Star Wars films. Reproductions of the blaster became so popular in the cosplay community that gun collectors became aware that fans were buying and altering increasingly rare original Mausers.
60YX TIL listening to soft voices can cause “brain orgasms” (aka autonomous sensory meridian response). A video of a woman explaining how to fold towels has over 900,000 views because her voice can trigger the sensation.