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TIL the visual effects rendered in Interstellar used pages of theoretical equations from physicist Kip Thorne and gave new insights into gravitational lensing and accretion disks surrounding black holes that led to three published scientific papers.

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BROL TIL The word “font” actually only refers to things like ‘bold’ or 'italics’ and the actual style of the letters is called a 'typeface’
PWNg TIL that Clovis I (of what is now France) lamented that in his old age he had no relatives, and was lonely (having murdered many of them). His surviving relatives, hearing this, came to him with offers of their friendship and forgiveness. Clovis then promptly had them killed.
N7dk1 TIL The USS Johnston was saluted by a Japanese destroyer captain as it was sinking, after spending nearly 3 hours squaring off against 23 Japanese ships, including 4 Battleships, 8 Cruisers and 11 destroyers.
KOLow TIL that the standard maps we see of the world are not an actual accurate ratio depiction and that everything away from the equator is exaggerated in size. It's known as the Mercator Projection and is still the standard used for nautical navigation.
7O1b TIL a chimpanzee that was socialized to humans since birth could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch television using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner’s horses, water plants and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.