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TIL Blood is produced by Bone Marrows inside the bones.

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90PX TIL that after being asked about the success of Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg replied “It’s not like I’m going to run off and do Mission: Impossible III!”. Two years later, he played the role of Benji in that exact film.
NXbrE TIL that Bassist Timothy B. Schmit coined the term "Parrotheads" to describe Jimmy Buffett's fans when he was a member of the Coral Reefer Band in the mid 1980s.
QNg9X TIL that Bourton-on-the-Water, an English village, contains a model of the village that is so accurate that the model contains a second smaller model of itself
v1xm4 TIL why the cut apple turns brown. It turns out that the enzymes and polyphenols in the apple react with oxygen; now some apples on the market will not change color because they have been genetically modified.
VMkJD TIL that the Germans tried banning the Americans from using shotguns during WWI, a weapon most notably used for clearing trenches with devestating efficiency.