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TIL that in Israel Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was translated to It’s Raining Falafel

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780or TIL Peter Falk — known for playing the title character of NBC's Columbo — wore a glass eye. Once, while playing baseball in high school, he got in a disagreement with an umpire over a missed call. Falk popped out the glass eye, handed it to the umpire and said "try this."
gMgVb TIL of Sarah Emma Edmonds, who disguised herself as a man and enlisted in the Union army during the US Civil War.
9kE7 TIL CERN scientists presented the Higgs Boson findings in Comic Sans
kJdw4 TIL That the first drilling rig to find gas in the UK North Sea, also collapsed 2 months later killing 13 people, making it the first accident in the North Sea, and was the worst accident until Piper Alpha.
newB7 TIL Ashton Kutcher once broke into his high school with his cousin in an attempt to steal money; he was arrested leaving the scene. Kutcher was convicted of third-degree burglary and sentenced to 3 years of probation and 180 hours of community service. He lost his girlfriend & college scholarships