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TIL far beneath the pacific ocean, at the boundary between the earth's molten mantle and its outer core, there is a continent-sized natural structure called Jason

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GYBoj TIL that a week after Jim Croce died at 30 in a plane crash, his widow received a letter from him promising to stop performing, get a master's degree, and write short stories and movie scripts. It ended "it's the first sixty years that count and I've got 30 left."
X0VkX TIL, the world's expensive coffee, the civet coffee (kopi luwak) was discovered during Dutch colonial rule when farmers try to "smuggle" coffee using civet's digestive system
7l1r TIL the phrase “winging it” refers to actors struggling through parts that they have recently learned in the wings of a theatre before each scene
QNK6d TIL According to the International Olympic Committee, gold and silver medals are required to be at least 92.5% silver. The gold in gold medals is in the plating outside and consist of at least 6 grams of pure gold. Silver medals are made of pure silver, while bronze medals are 95% copper and 5% zinc
WkAY9 TIL that Goldie Hawn kicked director Jonathan Demme out of the editing room on Swing Shift (1984) over concerns her performance was being overshadowed by actress Christine Lahti.