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TIL that Roman Catholicism is the state religion of Costa Rica.

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0wgDM TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger was not too keen on playing the Terminator in the 1984 film "The Terminator". He wanted to play Kyle Reese, the good guy. When asked about his casting as Terminator, he said "Oh some shit movie I'm doing" and its "Low profile" enough to not damage his career.
LA9p TIL - Scientists can accurately recover sound in a video that has been recorded without audio, just by observing the micro-vibrations of inanimate objects in that video.
YpEvZ TIL that April 11, 1954 was calculated to be "The Most Boring Day in History". It featured only a handful of newsworthy events in the entire world.
vwgD TIL: Sting earns 100% of the royalties ($2000 a day) from Puff Daddys’ song ‘I’ll be missing you’, because Puff Daddy didn’t ask permission to use the sample from 'Every breath you take’
XrmX TIL raindrops aren’t actually ‘teardrop’ shaped, they are shaped more like “the top half of a hamburger bun.”