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TIL- that ‘noise’ you hear when you yawn or close your eyes tightly is produced by the Tensor Tympani muscle; only a small percentage of people can vibrate it at will

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P8OZ TIL: The ocean garbage patches are in a region with almost no life, “an ocean desert” and we would be better off preventing more plastic from entering the ocean than trying to clean them.
yVj9M TIL after losing 63lbs for his role in "The Machinist" where he weighed 120lbs, Christian Bale had to gain 100lbs in 6 months to star in "Batman Begins" but then had to lose 30lbs again before filming because he bulked up too much.
PyPw TIL the ‘church’ of Scientology has its own prison
R7om6 TIL that the ground cinnamon sold in most stores is actually derived from "cassia", a tree related to "true cinnamon".
gYA TIL that the mummy of Ramesses II (aka Ozymandias) was flown to Paris in 1974, and was issued a passport that listed his occupation as “King (deceased)”.