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TIL Napoleon Dynamite had a budget of only $400,000 and Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role as Napoleon

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9Y7BD TIL that in 1995, scientists pointed the Hubble Space Telescope on the emptiest part of the sky they could find and left it for 10 days, letting light accumulate until incredibly faint objects could be detected. It resulted in an image of about 3000 galaxies. This is the Hubble Deep Field.
YpwDd TIL that the USA makes by far the most cheese in the world but doesn't even make the top 10 in terms of consumption
MpW8 TIL that in Godzilla suit actor Kenpachiro Satsuma’s first film he was struck with appendicitis and had to be operated on while inside the suit. He found out that he had an immunity to painkillers during the operation.
GX9j TIL that you’re never actually touching anything. Your atoms’ electrons repel objects when they’re 10^-8 meters away from you, but you can feel the force of the resistance.
OjJ7 TIL that Mark Twain was born shortly after a visit by Halley’s Comet, and he predicted that he would “go out with it”, too. He died the day after the comet returned.