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TIL John Mellancamp's former keyboardist was placed on the FBI's most wanted list and eventually caught for producing child pornography

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OoaBY TIL that 1 out of every 160 New Zealanders were involved in the production of the Lord of the Rings franchise.
e04l5 TIL human eyeballs only grow about 8 millimeters from birth to adolescence, making them the only body part that stays relatively the same size throughout your life.
dMmr TIL that after the Napoleonic Wars, a tobacco merchant named Joseph Williamson paid people in Edge hill, Liverpool to dig miles-long tunnels underground. The tunnels served no purpose, and he did so only to provide employment.
naXB TIL a man with a dream to swim with whales, hid at Seaworld after closing. He tried to swim with the killer whale Tillikum, only to be killed by him. His parents then sued Seaworld claiming that the whale is wrongly portrayed as friendly because of the stuffed toys sold there.
8GGX TIL The Centers for Disease Control said that 37% of American adults can’t swim 24 yards, which is the length of a typical recreation-center swimming pool.