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TIL while filming Armageddon Ben Affleck asked Michael Bay why they would train oil drillers as astronauts instead of the opposite to which Michael Bay told him to ‘shut the f*ck up’

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7rKDr TIL Botox is derived from botulism. “Sausage poison” is what Justinus Kerner called the pathogen in the 1820s; he had observed the paralytic effects after a single giant sausage sickened 13 people, six died. Decades later, named it Bacillus botulinum, after botulus, the Latin word for sausage.
XEvaQ TIL A future Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force decided to become an aviation engineer when as a boy admired the American planes dropping sweets to him and other kids during the Berlin Airlift. Dr. Yarymovych is also credited for initiation of the Global Positioning System - GPS
b6XY7 TIL Scottish/Canadian man Angus MacAskill is thought to be the tallest "true" giant (not abnormal height due to a pathological condition) in history. He stood 7'9" tall, had an 80" chest (also a record) 44" shoulders and weighed 510lbs.
4kdQN TIL Wisconsin produces more cheese than Italy
p8rxb TIL of OFCOM, a regulatory body set up in the United Kingdom to ensure impartiality in news reports on television and on radio. Their work has helped to ensure that TV news organisations in the UK are regarded as some of the most impartial in the world.