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TIL Adult skeletons are replaced every 10 years

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NX4J8 TIL Ben Stiller was an actor in Empire of the Sun (1987) and his comedy film Tropic Thunder was in part based on that experience
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PYrMw TIL about Joseph Jagger, the man who won 7.5 million dollars in Monte Carlo because he knew by industry how roulette wheels were rigged.
yQRLl TIL the Soviet Union did not normally name their aircraft. However pilots of the MiG-29 found the NATO codename "Fulcrum" in regard to its role flattering enough to use the name unofficially.
NXB6b TIL that the Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to the expansion of iron in the heat