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TIL The original Back To The Future script was rejected over 40 times by major studios before being picked up

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kjd1 TIL there were giant beavers weighing up to 300 lbs, 6 feet long and ranging all over North America. Their incisors were the size of bananas.
Ookdg TIL that we've tiny mirrors (retroreflectors) on the moon to reflect the laser beams fired from earth to measure the lunar distance. The round-trip takes of about 2.5 seconds and the distance to the Moon can be measured with millimeter precision.
KdO6 TIL that all the mountains on Titan are named after mountains and peaks from J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth.
1aLa7 TIL "The father of modern chemistry", Antoine Lavoisier, was accused of defrauding the French government and convicted to be executed via guillotine. His judge responded to the appeal to save his life by saying, "The Republic needs neither scholars nor chemists."
pYOV8 TIL in 2017, five bald men were killed in Mozambique because their killers believed that the heads of bald men contain gold.