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m1VVR TIL The ~1mm large animal known as Trichoplax can regenerate from just a handfull of cells and if its chopped up, the individual pieces will try to find each other and join back together.
KLDE TIL that Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was banned in India for its racist portrayal of Indian People.
pYmlG TIL that during the making of "Thriller" by Michael Jackson, sound engineer Bruce Swedien set up tape recorders around his Great Dane in a barn overnight to record the howls used as sound effects in the song. When the dog didn't howl, it was decided that Jackson would record the howls himself.
VMEJm TIL the number of days Phil (Bill Murray's character) repeated Groundhog Day in the movie was 38, but in actual time it was calculated to be 8 years, 8 months and 16 days.
bAw7 TIL that the most valuable coin in the world is the Flowing Hair US Dollar. It was recently sold for $10,016,875.