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TIL Harrison Ford has only played the villain once in his 50+ year film career: the thriller "What Lies Beneath" released in 2000, co-starring Michelle Pfeiffer.

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GAZwJ TIL the Michelin guide (where the best restaurants are catalogued) was a marketing tool for the Michelin tire company. (I always thought the name was just coincidence.)
p8mVA TIL About John Snow. An English physician whose findings inspired the adoption of anaesthesia as well as fundamental changes in the water and waste systems. He is considered one of the fathers of modern epidemiology.
VMXN8 TIL in the popcorn industry, two shapes of kernels are commercially important. "Butterfly" kernels are light and fluffy, their many appendages absorbing butter and salt well. "Mushroom" kernels are typically much sturdier then the butterfly ones, and are often used in making confectionery popcorn.
Wvk9 TIL backwards-facing airplane seats are 10 times safer, but passengers do not want them
rjPM TIL that in Russia, there is a monument to honor laboratory mice that have lost their lives furthering scientific research.