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TIL that the woman in the epic and wonderful music video "The Box" (1996) by Orbital , is played by none other than the fantastic, the wonderful and supremely talented Tilda Swinton.

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yVAoJ TIL of the Juukan Gorge in Western Australia. It is known primarily for a cave that was the only inland site in Australia with evidence of continuous human occupation for over 46,000 years, including through the last Ice Age. The cave was permanently destroyed by mining company Rio Tinto in May 2020
EYQ7 TIL that Chevy Chase avoided the draft by falsely convincing the draft board that he had homosexual tendencies.
l8na TIL the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button on the Google homepage costs the company $110 million a year, as 1% of all searches use this feature and bypass all advertising.
5YyDQ TIL Eratosthenes Calculated the circumference of the earth about 2200 years ago. His calculation 40,000 km (in modern units) is within 1% accuracy of earth’s circumference 40, 072 km (measured by orbiting spacecraft).
a8vBN TIL that photons created in the center of the sun take a few thousand years to a few million to reach the surface of the sun and then only 8 minutes to reach Earth as light.