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TIL that in the show “House,” Hugh Laurie actually developed a limp while acting like he had one.

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VBYNm TIL that during a college football game in US, many people gathered upon the roof of a glass blowing factory to watch for free. The roof collapsed, spilling fans onto a furnace. Twenty-three people were killed but the game continued. The event is known as The Thanksgiving Day Disaster.
ADjen TIL Archaeologists excavating a cave in the mountains of central Mexico have unearthed evidence that people occupied the area more than 30,000 years ago — suggesting that humans arrived in North America at least 15,000 years earlier than thought
Ookj4 TIL about Bottle Episodes, where a TV show episode is produced cheaply and restricted in scope to use as few non-regular cast members, effects, and sets as possible.
OoVgL TIL that Joyce Brothers, the first person to win the eponymous grand prize on "The $64 000 Question" in 1955, was not actually supposed to win. The producers deliberately gave her difficult questions believed to be beyond her abilities as a woman, but Joyce answered them anyways.
1RnO TIL that in Sydney Australia snipers are deployed to protect colonies of little penguins from predators