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TIL the sun is not on fire. It produces heat and light through nuclear fusion rather than burning matter using oxygen.

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1aMjO TIL In the famous upside down kiss scene from Sam Raimi's Spiderman (2002) Toby Maguire almost drowned. The large droplets of water kept running into his upside down nose and he couldn't breathe through his mouth because it was in Kirsten Dunst's mouth.
de1j TIL the blue power ranger’s name was Billy Cranston after the actor Bryan Cranston who voiced power ranger monsters early in his career.
gMNbA TIL that in 2013 Detroit was so broke that they were unable to print out death certificates because they had not been able to pay the company that provided the special embossed paper on which they were printed, and subsequently ran out.
J1NdB TIL an experiment on seed germination at Michigan State University has been running ever since 1879, and plans to run until the year 2100.
R7YMw TIL that US President Calvin Coolidge had a high almost helium like public speaking voice.