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TIL Postboxes have underground feet and aren't just bolted to the floor.

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VE5Z TIL that a dog called Capitan has slept and rarely left his owners grave since he died 6 years ago. And no one never showed him the grave, he found it himself and refused to leave when close family tried to take him home
xVYj0 TIL, The LHC (Large Hadron Collider) propels Protons so quickly, that it takes less than 90 Microseconds for a Proton to travel 26.7 km (16.6m) around the main ring. In just one full second, a Proton will make 11,245 revolutions.
rRxD0 TIL that the raccoon life expectancy in the wild is only 1.8 to 3.1 years, depending on the local conditions such as traffic volume, hunting, and weather severity. Captive raccoons have been known to live for more than 20 years.
LQOvQ TIL the band Yo La Tengo once reenacted the entire "The Chinese Restaurant" episode of "Seinfeld" live. This was part of their 2011 tour where the first half of every show was decided by a wheel of fortune spun by an audience member. Link includes a video of this moment.
VM9xB TIL during the filming of "The Passion of the Christ", the actor portraying Jesus endured accidental lashings, a dislocated shoulder, a lung infection, pneumonia, and was even struck by lightning.