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TIL that can-openers are supposed to lay on the top of the can and cut through the side lip of the top, leaving a smooth edge with no risk of cutting your finger or jamming the opener.

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1xa4 TIL that JK Rowling told Warner Bros. that Harry Potter had to be filmed in Britain with an all-british cast
5Yg48 TIL in 1968 a Syrian Air Force MiG accidentally landed in Israel. The pilot had been navigating with a map published in the 1940s.
bZaZ TIL Mark Twain wrote an essay from the perspective of Satan composing a series of letters about Earth. Link to the full text is at the bottom of the Wikipedia page.
ADNd7 TIL a clam named ‘Ming’ was accidentally killed by scientist in 2006 when they found it on the coast of Iceland. They later found out ‘Ming’ was 507 years old. It was named after the Ming Dynasty, who ruled China at the time of it’s birth (1499) The clam is known as the oldest creature to ever live.
kOQbB TIL that when movies want an alien planet they shoot here.