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TIL Horseshoe crabs have saved more human lives than all other animals put together

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4J8g TIL that Peter Grosz and T.J. Jagodowski (the two guys in the sonic commercials) sit in the car for hours talking until Sonic gets the right material for their ad. All improvisation
4XoBg TIL - Phil Collins amazed Disney bosses when he agreed to sing his songs for the studio's films Tarzan and Brother Bear phonetically in a number of different languages.
R55x6 TIL many Native American tribes used fire for thousands of years to manage forest brush for small game hunting as well as creating grasslands for big game to be hunted. This resulted in many species of plants, animals, and fungi to become extinct as the forest became a fire-adapted ecosystem.
a8pvb Til- The division of the hour into 60 minutes and of the minute into 60 seconds comes from the Babylonians who used a sexagesimal (counting in 60s) system for mathematics and astronomy. They derived their number system from the Sumerians who were using it as early as 3500 BC.
O5Q4 TIL: Samuel L Jackson Had a Purple Lightsaber In Star Wars So He Could Find Himself During A Fight Scene