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TIL on the last episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, guest Tom Hanks used The Beatles' "Lovely Rita" as his walkout song, costing NBC $500,000.

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DJjv TIL that there is a town in the Alps that does not get any direct sunlight for 84 days. However the town fixed that by installing a giant mirror on the side of the mountain.
9wLVB TIL that during breastfeeding, a baby's saliva can flow back into the mother's breast, signaling her body to adjust the milk's immune components to meet the baby's specific needs, through a mechanism known as "retrograde milk flow"
BgpOr TIL the “kill the mothers” dialogue between Gene Hackman and Nathan Lane, in The Birdcage, was copied from a real conversation writer Elaine May had with another guest, at a dinner party. May’s words from the real dinner are Nathan Lanes’ lines, in the scene.
Yx5r TIL that Irrawaddy dolphins have developed a mutual relationship with local fisherman by chasing fish into their nets in exchange for some leftover fish. This relationship has become so embedded that when a fisherman’s “own” dolphin helped a rival, he followed up with lawsuits.
4JBo TIL that as far back as the 1930’s pilots were setting endurance records keeping planes aloft for weeks at a time using primitive mid-air refueling techniques.