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TIL that scientists have developed measurement formulas so precise that the distance between the Earth and Moon can be calculated with a margin of error smaller than the distance of a red blood cell.

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mRyR TIL that Steven Spielberg promised Tom Sizemore a role in Saving Private Ryan as long as he never failed a drug test while shooting. If he failed once, even on the last day, Spielberg promised to kick him out of the movie and reshoot all of his scenes with a new actor.
XmbR TIL that Teddy Roosevelt once backed a bill to import Hippopotamuses into the U.S to produce meat to solve the American meat crisis in 1910. The American Hippo bill nearly passed, but fell one vote short.
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