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TIL that Elmo once testified before Congress

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OPNY TIL that astronauts in zero gravity cannot burp, but they can fart.
VM9o8 TIL Mark Hamill's laughter as the Joker was based on his Mozart laughter when he played the title role in Amadeus on Broadway.
1jld TIL that the Red Ryder BB Gun from A Christmas Story is still being manufactured even though the comic it was based on was cancelled in 1963.
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