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TIL The atmosphere of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping ‘wings’ attached to their arms.

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1a5j7 TIL of 'Soy Cuba' (I Am Cuba), a 1964 Soviet-directed propaganda film that backfired by making capitalism look too appealing. It was later rediscovered by Hollywood, and its groundbreaking film techniques inspired scenes in Goodfellas and Boogie Nights.
Ap0g TIL Quentin Tarantino Wanted Kurt Cobain as Pulp Fiction’s Lance the Jesus-esque drug dealer.
EgOe0 TIL high temperature cheese exists and claims to resist melting at temperatures up to 400°F.
XE9Dr TIL that Carfentanyl (think "normal" Fentanyl but on crack) is so potent that it can be used as a chemical weapon. It was most likely used during the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis as an aerosol mist to subdue the Chechen hostage takers.
wZo TIL: That the Danish slang for a womans menstrual cycle translates to: “There are Communists in the funhouse”.