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TIL in WW2, Japan interned 130,000 British, Dutch, and American civilians. 14,000 of them perished as a result

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wNKW TIL that there is no “garbage island” made up of floating plastic in the ocean. While there are particles of micro plastic, the island(s) as such is an urban myth.
nmN9 TIL eating “fat-free” foods can actually cause a greater gain in weight than eating regular high fat foods
7a6X TIL that Gandalf hits his head by accident in The Fellowship of the Ring, in Bag End, but Ian Mckellen played it off so well that Peter Jackson kept it in the movie! (#41 in link)
wjY7 TIL in the UK version of “Lilo and Stitch”, the scene of Lilo hiding in a clothes dryer was redrawn so that way Lilo’s hiding in a cupboard with a pizza box for a door to prevent little kids from imitating the act of hiding in a dryer.
E1XVo TIL: the Vice President of the United States was determined by the 2nd most electoral votes (the runner up for presidential ticket). This stopped when Jefferson and Burr ran against each other (1800).