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TIL Sylvester Graham invented graham crackers as part of a radical vegetarian diet meant to curb the desire to masturbate

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Rk0w TIL in the 1500’s, it was believed there had to be a continent on the bottom of the Earth to “balance things out.” It turns out that was true, and that continent was Antarctica.
md1O TIL it is a common misconception that for every one second there is between the flash and the thunder of a Lightning equals to the lightning being one kilometer away. In fact it is about 3 seconds for each kilometer.
VMrxG TIL that in China, Korea, Russia and Mexico, Belgium, Germany and Austria escaping from prison is not illegal.
4X7DR TIL the Jurassic Park film crew were stranded after a hurricane. The pilot that flew them to safety was the same pilot who played Jock, the guy that flew Indiana Jones to safety in the opening scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark over 11 years earlier
6Ewbl TIL that in 2019 there was a sixth Terminator movie (after Terminator: Genysis) which so few people saw that that it was even less successful than Terminator: Genysis. The film grossed only 13% of what was needed to break even and was considered a box office bomb due to lukewarm critical reception.