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TIL that during audience testing for the 2005 movie “Good Night, and Good Luck” a common complaint was that the actor portraying Joseph McCarthy was over the top, not believable. The film actually used stock footage of McCarthy himself.

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JMYV TIL: There is not a single documented case of piranhas eating a human
6RLX TIL that Laika, the first dog in space, did not die peacefully of poison after six days as initially reported, but rather within seven hours of launch, likely due to overheating caused by a faulty temperature control system.
Bwgk TIL Sea Otters are known to hold hands in groups - called a raft - while they eat, sleep and rest, to prevent families losing each other while adrift on water.
JBY8 TIL llamas are often kept with sheep because when an animal attacks the flock the llamas will attack viciously even to death
Xvej TIL: that the choir singing during the intro to Mr. Bean are singing ‘Ecce homo qui est faba’, Latin for 'Behold the man who is a bean’.