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TIL that the largest single structure sand dune in North America exists in. . .Idaho.

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wXJ1 TIL that the “immunity to iocane powder” plot device has a basis on an ancient king
OY74 TIL that the spider that bites Tobey Magquire in ‘Spider-Man’ was chosen after a “spider Olympics,” and was then painted with body paint when time didn’t allow for a spider costume to be created
1abX4 TIL a parrot was banned from a football game for imitating the referee's whistle and causing confusion
LkMlm TIL that in The Lovable family-friendly Disney movie, The Emperor's New Groove, the original name of the emperor was Manco. Which they had to change because in Japan that is a slang word for vagina, thus changing the connotation of exactly which groove they were talking about.
l7NQ7 TIL John Galt, the (anti)hero of Atlas Shrugged, shares his name with a British novelist who was first among authors to discuss the effects of the Industrial Revolution. He was also an early leader of the Canada Company meant to represent the Empire's interests, but he fell into disgrace from debt.