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TIL that Jamie and Adam (from Mythbusters) worked as visual technicians on the film Flubber (1996). Oh and Bill Nye was a science consultant, as well.

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6klW TIL the Bowhead whale is by far the longest living mammal in the world and has been know to live up to 211 years. Some have even been found with the tips of ivory spears still lodged in their flesh from failed attempts by whalers of the 1800’s.
x9ow TIL during the filming of The Adventures of Milo & Otis many animal cruelty allegations were made against the film including the alleged killing of over 20 kittens, the director breaking a cat’s paw, and a cat plunging over 100 feet off a cliff.
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yQ9je TIL France bans all non-court ordered paternity tests in a desire to "preserve the peace."
d8Z4j TIL the historical inaccuracies in the movie U-571 caused so much controversy it ended up being condemned in British Parliament. Americans did not capture the Enigma machine. The code had been broken years before they entered the war.