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TIL In the 571 Episodes of Lassie, the only character that actually fell down a well was Lassie. Timmy never fell down a well.

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neXar TIL that X-Men writer Chris Claremont intended the character Destiny to be the lover of Mystique, a shape shifter, and had originally intended for Destiny and Mystique to be Nightcrawler's biological parents, with Mystique taking the form of a man for the conception
kLN5 TIL when a 7ft NBA player named Reggie Harding attempted to rob a Detroit gas station with a mask, the attendant said “I know it’s you, Reggie.”, to which he replied “No, man, it ain’t me”
RVX9 TIL that in 1922 when scientist Niels Bohr won the Nobel Prize he was given a house by Carlsberg brewery. The house was located next to the brewery and it had a direct pipeline to the brewery so that Bohr had free beer on tap whenever he wanted.
N71KP TIL That concert speakers that are placed further away from the stage need to have their incoming signals delay, in order to accommodate for the difference between the speed of electricity, and the speed of sound.
neK8d TIL that two pieces of the same type of metal in space can fuse together seamlessly if they come into contact with each other. Since there is literally nothing between them, the pieces don't "know" that they're separate. This is called Cold Welding.