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TIL as of 2023 the Shrek franchise has grossed over $4 billion

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v1r0j TIL That screws are "righty tightly, lefty loosey" because right handed people are more common and arm supination(forearm rotation outward) is stronger than pronation(inward) for right handed individuals. This way tightening bolts uses the most torque. This is why you're left hand can loosen easier.
QN9aX TIL a supernova releases the equivalent of ~3*10^28 megatonnes of tnt worth of energy. For comparison the largest man made explosion ever(Tsar Bomba) released 50 megatonnes of tnt equivalent.
rd0W TIL That it in Idaho it is legal for cyclists to treat a stop sign as a yield sign, and a red light as a stop sign. This law commonly referred to as the “Idaho Stop”, and has not been adopted in any other state.
v1eeK TIL there is a program in Indianapolis, Indiana called No One Dies Alone (NODA) where volunteers will stay beside a dying patient who has no one to visit them.
5vo8 TIL that people will judge pictures of faces as more attractive if their own faces have partially been morphed into the picture. If too much (>22%) is morphed in, the attractiveness-ratings plumit: An evolutionary mechanism to ensure avoiding inbreeding, researchers say