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TIL most of E.T. was filmed at the eye level of a child so adults can connect more with the children in the film

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n5aP TIL That the last two speakers of a dying Mexican language, Ayapaneco, refused to speak to each other because they didn’t like each other
vPbdR Today I Learned That DNA can hold up to 455 exabytes (Or 455 MILLION gigabytes) of data!
kO0l1 TIL when John Bardeen won a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956, the Swedish king criticized him for not bringing his children to the ceremony. Bardeen promised he would bring them the next time he won - and in 1972, he did when he became the first person to win 2 prizes in the same field.
W7VdY TIL you shouldn’t eat more than 5 Brazil nuts in a day. They contain selenium, which can cause gastrointestinal problems, brittle hair and nails, joint pain, and tiredness. In large amounts, it can cause kidney failure, heart failure, and heart attacks.
b9Bea Forget the trial and error - mathematics has proved where the best spot to place your router is.