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TIL that Daft Punk’s helmets cost $65,000 to produce

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ADB8a TIL that the year 536 is considered by some scholars to be the worst year ever to be alive due to volcanos, extreme weather, and famine throughout Europe and Asia
Eg5Bp TIL that most Japanese people have only one pinky toe knuckle instead of two. Thus, most Japanese people have only 204 bones instead of 206. This went completely unnoticed until 1995.
XE6Gr TIL a woodpecker's tongue is so long that it wraps around its skull to protect its brain from over 1000g of force when it's hammering away
9gRm TIL:When Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca in Star Wars) became a naturalized citizen of the US in 2005 he joked that he did not get a medal at this ceremony either (A jab at the ending of A New hope)
gMn0y TIL that the Wait Calculation suggest that we should not do interstellar travel if we can't get to our destination within 50 years because if the current civilization still can advance in propulsion system velocity, a future mission will pass the previous one and get there faster.