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TIL Robert Redford does not watch his own movies once he is done filming.

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VBYNm TIL that during a college football game in US, many people gathered upon the roof of a glass blowing factory to watch for free. The roof collapsed, spilling fans onto a furnace. Twenty-three people were killed but the game continued. The event is known as The Thanksgiving Day Disaster.
0dgJj TIL that Big Bird (played by Caroll Spinney) was in talks to go to space on the Challenger shuttle. The most probable reason why Big Bird wasn't on the shuttle was due to the costume itself taking too much space.
rR77d Coffee makes 30 percent of people poop
E1o07 TIL there is no meaning behind Bosnia's national flag. Due to the war in the 90's, every attempt to unite the country under one flag was rejected by all ethnic groups. The UN created a flag that could not be linked to Bosnia's past in any way.
16kjP TIL that some helicopters have various parts that are intentionally designed asymmetrically, to compensate for the tail rotor pushing the helicopter sideways when it’s hovering. They also have asymmetrical landing gear for the rotor to remain level when landed