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TIL South Africa has one of the largest impact craters on Earth. It is called the Vredefort Dome and is about 160 km in diameter.

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oR5OR TIL of the Circumhorizon Arc, aka fire rainbow. This horizontal "rainbow" of colour occurs when the sun or moon is over 50 degrees above the horizon and an arc of light passes thru a very specific kind of cloud (Cirrus clouds made up of ice crystals parallel to the ground), at just the right angle.
b9XOa TIL that Christian Bales portrayal of Patrick Bateman in 'American Psycho' was partially based on Tom Cruise. Bale was unsure of how he should portray the character until he noticed and was influenced by Cruises "intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes" persona during an interview.
wLPrP TIL that McDonalds spent over $200 million to develop and launch the Arch Deluxe, which completely flopped in most markets.
9wJG7 TIL that in the 17thC version of Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault, the Prince does NOT kiss the Princess while she's sleeping. He approaches her "trembling and admiring", and kneels by her bedside.
xKOo TIL that Stephen Hawking claimed that the egg came before the chicken.