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TIL in the 1979 movie, “The Muppet Movie”, Jim Henson spent an entire day in a 50-gallon steel drum submerged in a pond for the opening scene of Kermit in the swamp

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Xe68 TIL Lobsters can live to be 140 years old!
P1NAg TIL that before Muhammad Ali, the first boxer to defeat Sonny Liston was Marty Marshall. Liston found Marshall’s style amusing and laughed at him, only to get his jaw broken in return. Liston would then go the distance, losing by split decision.
5VVJ8 TIL “Electric Eye” by heavy metal band Judas Priest was in the temp score for “Toy Story 3”. Before it was cut, the song blared from the Aliens’ car in the opening scene. The song’s lyrics describe a satellite watching a surveillance state, foreshadowing (intentionally or not) the movie’s plot.
DQxED TIL of Clement Vallandigham, a lawyer and congressman during the Civil War. The Union deported him for supporting the Confederacy. After the war, he died by accidentally shooting himself during a murder trial while trying to show the murder weapon could have misfired. His client got off as a result
kWmm TIL that a decimal point was misplaced when the iron content of Spinach was measured in the 1870’s, leading people to believe it had 10x more iron than reality, and made you stronger. This is why the creators of Popeye decided he would eat spinach to grow his muscles.