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TIL that Jeff Goldbum explained his famous Jurassic Park "laugh scene" as him having the sudden realization that the two scientists were more than just colleagues

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VB704 TIL that the Amos n Andy Show, where white men played dumb African Americans, was so popular that theaters delayed the start of their movies so audiences could listen to the radio show first
D1GNj TIL that billions of cockroaches are being farmed in China to solve urban waste, provide medicinal treatment, develop beauty products, and feed livestock. One particular company has raised over six billion and prevents their escape by surrounding them in a moat filled with fish.
ADbKx TIL of the most famous person ever to have literally been in a pickle, Horatio Nelson. He died at sea, so the surgeon on board pickled his body in brandy to preserve it for the long trip to England. 2 weeks into the journey, gaseous pressures burst the cask lid, making Nelson "rise from the dead."
VMQyD TIL A meteor travelling over central Italy in AD 312 brought Constatine closer to the Christian faith. Today that meteor can be found at Cratere del Sirente in central Italy. The carbon dating proves to be around the time Constatine saw it and had his vision.
69gKZ TIL that Hachiko, the dog famous for waiting for his owner for years after the owner's death, was stuffed and put into a museum