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TIL that Australia became the first place on earth to rescue people stranded in the water with drones.

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dXjK TIL If you hold up a grain of sand, the patch of sky it covers contains 10,000 galaxies
5O1D TIL that the concept of “The Human Centipede” arose from a joke the director made with friends about punishing a child molester by stitching his mouth to the anus of a “fat truck driver.”
Ojoa TIL Psy was sentenced to 25 days in jail for marijuana possession and as a result was unable to be with his grandfather when he lost his battle with cancer, or attend his funeral
EOdp TIL David Copperfield and two assistants were robbed at gunpoint in 2006. The renowned magician was able to employ sleight of hand to conceal his possessions when the thieves turned to him. He was quoted as calling his spontaneous illusion “…reverse pickpocketing.”
lxnB TIL that Sean Connery turned down the Gandalf role in Lord of the Rings. “I read the book. I read the script. I saw the movie. I still don’t understand it.”