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TIL that a species of snail from Queensland, Australia, is called Crikey steveirwini after Steve Irwin.

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loGRr TIL that due to his acting roles in many Marvel movies, the late Stan Lee is the highest-grossing actor of all time. With a total box office gross as an actor at $30,617,384,366. The second highest grossing actor is also a Marvel movie star, Samuel L. Jackson of Nick Fury fame.
jNRZp TIL that AOL is still selling dial-up Internet services to around 2.1 million people every year. Welcome!
BgEYK TIL pilots in the 30s-40s navigated their aircraft using Morse code. The "low-frequency radio range" navigation system played letter A to tell pilots to turn left, N to turn right, and a steady tone to go straight. Pilots listened to Morse code for hours. It was prone to giving wrong directions.
pYB5b TIL Phil Collins recorded 5 songs in 5 languages (English, 2 Spanish dialectics, French, German, and Italian) for the Tarzan movie (1999)
PYZBe TIL the original director of Jaws was Dick Richards but they fired him because he wouldn’t stop referring to the shark as a whale