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TIL That the tallest man ever recorded in human history was Illinois born, Robert Wadlow at 8'11 (2.72 m) tall. With a shoe size of 37AA (47 cm) and a wingspan of 9.5 feet (2.88 m). When he passed from infection in 1940 his coffin was 10.9 feet long (3.28 m).

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k7DB TIL there was a lost chapter in Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” that had nine children originally in the factory alongside Charlie, his mom accompanying him inside, and features a room called the Pound and Cutting Room that kills two of the kids
jNdXN TIL 2012 Olympics organisers wanted Keith Moon, who died in 1978, to play at the ceremony. When they asked the The Who's manager if Keith "would be available" to play, he replied "He now resides in Golders Green crematorium, If they have a round table, some glasses and candles, we might contact him"
9Vlm TIL: Dinosaurs as we see them in museums, movies and everywhere are “plausible guesses” as to what they looked like. Scientists joke we might be as far off as making elephants look like a giant hamsters.
Ae4o TIL given a choice between alcohol-soaked food and normal food, male fruit flies that have recently been sexually-rejected by females will consume four times more alcohol-soaked food than the males that mated successfully.
R5Nn1 TIL in 2014, McDonald's revealed that Grimace, their purple monster mascot, is "the embodiment of a milkshake or a taste bud."