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TIL Roger Ebert said the 2004 film National Treasure was “so silly that the Monty Python version could use the same screenplay, line for line.”

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GndE TIL Japan’s Okinawa Island has more than 450 people living above the age of 100, and is known as the healthiest place on Earth.
ZnoR TIL that around half of all clinical trials by drug companies go unpublished. Which leads to overestimation of drug efficiency and an underestimation of dangers. And that a movement called AllTrials, which is supported by hundreds of organisations, has been fighting for all trials to be released.
EgOBP TIL that according to the CIA factbook, 12% of the world's languages are concentrated in Papua New Guinea, that contains more than 839 distinct languages.
XBlP TIL the first man to perform cardiac catheterization, did it on himself then walked downstairs to the radiology department to take the x-ray to prove you would not die. He was fired, became a Nazi, then won the Nobel Prize.
p8eO8 TIL at the temperature -20°C or below Emperor Penguins form a huddle (like rugby players) to stay warm. The temperature inside the huddle sometimes gets so hot (37°C) that some penguins come out and eat ice to cool off a bit.