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TIL Haystacks sometimes spontaneously combust if they contain too much moisture.

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DxrJ TIL that Guillermo del Toro left years of notes for a film in the back of a cab, he thought it was the end of the project. However, the cab driver found them and, realizing their importance, tracked him down and returned them. It made Del Toro ever more determined to complete “Pan’s Labyrinth”.
WGY9 TIL: When Weird Al Yankovic, who is vegan, was asked how he can rationalize performing at events such as the Great American Rib Cook-Off, he replied, “The same way I can rationalize playing at a college even though I’m not a student anymore.”
5Y5d8 TIL that during the filming of the 2004 “The Passion Of Christ”, the actor playing Jesus was struck by lightning. Twice.
OG7k4 TIL of the Koryo burger, a well known item on the inflight catering of Air Koryo, a north Korean airline. The "mystery meat" burger is served with cheese, cabbage and a brown sauce, cold to passengers. Vegetarians are offered the burger bun with extra tomato slices.
gMmJD TIL the Monkees named their movie Head, so that if they ever released a second film they could use the tag line “from the people who gave you Head”