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TIL that to film Stranger Things Starcourt Mall, they reconstructed a real 1980s style mall in a dying shopping mall in Georgia.

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woxkE TIL the insult "suck eggs" originates from the full phrase "teaching grandmother to suck eggs," referring to a person giving advice to another person in a subject with which the other person is already familiar
8aL54 TIL that working dogs in the United States military always outrank their human handler.
KYEl4 TIL: Hexane, made from crude oil, is used to extract oil from vegetables.
MeWDm TIL there are limestone mines beneath Paris that became an ossuary and final resting place for over six million people. During a cholera outbreak in the 1800’s over 170,000 people were hastily dumped in the catacombs and covered with quick lime to remove the flesh.
yQVwM TIL Steve Martin has a ringing in his ear called tinnitus, which he received while filming a pistol-shooting scene for the film, Three Amigos in 1986. He was quoted saying, "You just get used to it, or you go insane.”