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TIL there are an estimated 3 million plus undiscovered shipwrecks in the worlds oceans.

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9wM5p TIL the original draft of the film "Being John Malkovich" had nothing to do with the actor himself. Upon being pitched the film, New Line Cinema founder Robert Shaye asked "Why the fuck can't it be called 'Being Tom Cruise?", a question that John Malkovich also asked.
wAno TIL that Dr. Donald Unger won an Ig Nobel Award in medicine after systematically cracking the knuckles on his left hand and not his right hand for 60 years, demonstrating that knuckle cracking does not cause arthritis.
oRpEo TIL: there is a Japanese word (Tsundoku) which means buying books and never reading them.
8ajZb TIL, that a decapitated flatworm can regrow not only its head back entirely but also all of its old memories back with it.
VMOxB TIL Nike paid $35 to then student designer Carolyn Davidson for their iconic “Swoosh” logo