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TIL There are still people living in iron lungs

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R58E6 TIL that Peter Cushing gained worldwide fame for his roles as Baron von Frankenstein and Doctor Van Helsing in 11 Frankenstein and Dracula films prior to his famous role as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars in 1977. Cushing also depicted Dr. Who in Dr Who and the Daleks.
b68da TIL that some bugs look shiny and green not because of pigments, but due to structural coloration—microscopic structures on their exoskeletons reflect light in a way that creates a metallic or iridescent effect.
loxYN TIL Jim Carey: The mask, Ace Ventura, and Dumb & Dumber all came out in the same year (1994)
kOdW4 TIL movie frame rates were originally measured in feet of film per minute instead of in frames per second, which is where the term “footage” came from
Ze4R TIL; The inventor of the baseball glove, Canadian Arthur Irwin, created the glove after breaking two fingers on his left hand. When he died, it was discovered that he had two families unbeknownst to each other. One in Boston and the other in New York