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TIL: Somebody made a 10-hour movie titled "Paint Drying".

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QJklp TIL in Jewish mythology, everyone has an angel teaches them all the wisdom in the world in utero. The angel lightly taps an infant's upper lip before birth, to silence the infant from spilling the secrets. Some say that's how we have the philtrum (the indent between the nose and mouth).
kOx9e TIL Marquette University bought the original manuscripts and multiple working drafts of "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" from J.R.R. Tolkien for only 1,500 pounds (less than $5,000) in 1956. At the time, no other institution had expressed an interest in Tolkien's literary manuscripts.
5VrQD TIL that the U.S. Army disposed of banned chemical weapons and munitions through a program called CHASE (Cut Holes And Sink ‘Em) where the chemicals were loaded on a ship that was then purposely sank in the ocean.
epwyD Today I learned that people with poor eyesight tend to be more intellectually inclined.
ZpvXY TIL The lower edge of the liver normally comes just to the lower edge of the ribs on the right side and can be felt when you take a deep breath with fingertips below the edge of the ribs