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TIL that the actress who played Joanna in “Love Actually” sang so well that they had to edit it to make it seem ‘believable’.

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rR5Yx TIL In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful and blowing across an open flame, proving at a stroke that hydrogen is indeed explosively combustible and that "eyebrows are not necessarily a permanent feature of one’s face".
Eg1K7 TIL that until the 16th century, sharks were called "sea dogs", the word "shark" most likely comes from the Dutch schurk, meaning "scoundrel", from which "loan shark" derives. In other words, sharks are probably named after loan sharks and not the other way around.
Ge7j TIL that the Golden State Fence Company, hired to build part of the US-Mexico border wall, was fined US$5M for hiring illegal immigrant workers.
wL7GE Today I learned that surfing was originally called “wave sliding” and it was brought to the mainland US by Olympian Duke Kahanamoku.
D1eBY TIL that the International Space Station has been described as the most expensive single item ever constructed at $150 billion.