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TIL in the movie Hook, the scene where Rufio swings his sword close to Peter Pans face and says the line “You’re dead, jollyman” was played in reverse for the movie. The actor had to learn to say those lines backwards.

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mxobP TIL about a "Rabbit Test", a now retired pregnancy test, in which urine from a human female would be injected into a female rabbit. The rabbit would later be dissected to annualize the effect on it's ovaries. "The rabbit died", used to be slang for getting pregnant.
l76oV TIL The Earth gets about one pound heavier every second due to absorbing meteoroids and other space debris
wormE TIL about the Celeste piano
mxOlp TIL a company in japan offers extra days off to workers who don’t smoke since they don’t take smoking breaks.
p86xZ TIL The Philadelphia Experiment is a military experiment carried out by the U.S. Navy at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sometime around October 28, 1943. The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Eldridge was rendered invisible. Lots of docus and movies