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TIL there is a town called Okay, OK

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ANXLB TIL The famous one-take restaurant shot in Goodfellas was only done that way because the filmmakers could not get permission to go in the short way, and this forced them to go round the back.
GY7MJ TIL sociologist David Dunning once wrote: "If you're incompetent, you can't know you're incompetent... The skills you need to produce a right answer are exactly the skills you need to recognize what a right answer is." He described this phenomenon as the "the anosognosia of everyday life."
4AAb TIL There is no archaeological evidence whatsoever that suggests Jews were ever enslaved in Egypt
DrVe TIL In July 2009, a man from New Hampshire got charged $23 quadrillion dollars by Bank of America and Visa due to a credit card glitch.
eppYJ TIL of Biofouling, the accumulation of microorganisms, plants, algae, or small animals on surfaces such as ship and submarine hulls. Due to the increased drag this causes a ship, it can cost a vessel up to 40% more in fuel costs. The US Navy alone around $1 billion a year because of biofouling,