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TIL during the filming of Borat, the police were called 91 times.

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X17X TIL Firefighters use water to fight fire becasue it expands to steam and displaces oxygen, not because it cools the fire down
R5oG4 TIL Chlorovirus ATCV-1, an algal virus commonly found in lakes, can infect humans and remain in their mucosal surfaces, where its presence is associated with a modest decrease in cognitive functioning.
ABWg TIL that Autrian ethologist Karl von Frisch was nominated for the Noble Prize in 1927 for his work on deciphering the Waggle dance of honey bees. Using the Waggle dance, a bee communicates to other worker bees the direction and distance of the most productive flowers using the angle of the sun.
QvPM TIL that wild mice (and many other wild animals) will run on an exercise wheel, even when not in a cage, just because they like it!
PY9GL TIL that despite having starring in roles in Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal, Captain Phillips, Sully, Bridge of Spies, and The Post, Tom Hanks has not been nominated for an Oscar for 17 years