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TIL due to his cameos in the Marvel movies, Stan Lee is the 4th highest grossing actor of all time.

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wVY7 TIL that the surgical masks people wear in Asia aren’t due to fear of infection, but rather as a courtesy to others if they are feeling sick.
nOlr TIL Chadwick (the discoverer of the neutron) was a student of Rutherford (discoverer of the proton) who was the student of Thomson (the discoverer of the electron).
GJRQ TIL that the total size of the Google Earth database is over 20 Petabytes.
P1m6O TIL permanent magnets can levitate, no superconductivity required
neJ1W TIL grasshopper mice are unique in the rodent world because they eat a meat-based diet, including eating other mice, and are immune to scorpion venom - their bodies have evolved to use the toxin as a painkiller. They also howl at the moon, which lends to their nickname "werewolf mouse."