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TIL that the voice actor who played Yoda was also Bert/Grover/Cookie Monster on Sesame Street

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M7Nj0 TIL: “EGOT” is an acronym that was coined by actor Philip Michael Thomas. It gained wider recognition after being introduced on the comedy series “30 Rock”
8ZVP TIL when the US Navy refused to cooperate during the filming of the movie Crimson Tide, filmmakers waited outside Pearl Harbor for a submarine to head to sea and chased it with a boat and helicopter to get the shot of it submerging.
94G7 TIL That there is a bed called the Cuddle Mattress, where it is divided into layers of foam for your arm to slip though
GyZJ TIL for each person that died on 9/11 the US has spent $1.6 Billion to fighting the War on Terror (5 Trillion divided by 3,000)
dDwLE TIL: The Greek intellectual Hypatia was accused of witchcraft in March 415 CE where a mob seized her from her carriage, dragged her into a church, carved out her eyes and her living flesh with oyster shells, then tore her limb from limb.