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TIL Daniel Radcliffe broke over 60 wands and went through over 160 pairs of glasses during the filming of Harry Potter

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BgNQr TIL The first person to windsurf across the Atlantic was also the captain of the only fatal Concorde incident.
Wk8jL TIL that "double-acting" baking powder generates carbon dioxide to raise baking products at both room temperature and then, using different compounds, at oven temperature. This double-raising effect increases the reliability of the baking process.
oBPPA TIL an astronomer was frightened by the jumping spiders on her ceiling, but after she discovered that they were capable of seeing the moon, she said “They can see the moon just like me! I can't kill them now that I know that.”
JYPW8 TIL it rains diamonds on Neptune and Uranus
mvJo TIL “Rat-Children” in Pakistan. Where babies’ heads are placed in rings to stunt growth so that they appear disabled. These children are sold for large sums of money to become professional beggars