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TIL The tongue map showing different taste zones is a myth

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e5Q5 TIL Carlos Mencia was dropped from a New Orleans charity event after saying, “I’m glad Hurricane Katrina happened. It taught us an important lesson: Black people can’t swim.”
RvaQ TIL that “Interstellar” has the most footage ever shot using 15/70mm IMAX cameras for a film, and, due to the film industry’s rapid conversion to digital projection formats, will potentially be the last feature film ever to be projected on 15/70mm IMAX film.
lopGa TIL Audi and BMW use emu feathers to clean the cars before applying paint; Audi imports feathers from Australia but BMW has its own emu farm in Bavaria
vwv4 TIL in 2007 a car burglar in Florida was running from the cops after being spotted doing his crime. In the escape he jumped into a retention pond to evade the cops. However, he was then eaten by a 9 foot crocodile.
vPYED TIL A Dog's Nose is Its Fingerprint