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TIL that Japanese kitchens rarely have an oven!

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694OQ Today I learned that after 10 years together and multiple gold records, when the Beatles broke up in 1970, both Paul & George were only 27 years old.
Lkevp TIL Jaws’ production woes added suspense. Unreliable mechanical sharks forced Spielberg to only suggest an unseen shark; actors heightened performances to help; J Williams’ ominous theme induced fear. Spielberg said “Jaws went from Japanese Saturday matinee horror flick to more of a Hitchcock"
wLWG1 TIL that if you drop a thimble-full of Bitrex "the most bitter substance in the world" into an Olympic swimming pool and you can detect the bitterness in those two and a half million litres of water.
yVKbX TIL of William Sidis who was raised by his father, a psychologist, to prove that extreme intelligence can be learned. He entered Havard a 11, spoke 25 languages including his own and published in various different topics. He might have been the smartest person to have ever lived.
OoNjg TIL that in 2003, a Boeing 727 in Angola was stolen and no trace of the plane or the two people in it were ever found despite investigations by the FBI and CIA.