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TIL the most reliable record-high IQ score ever recorded belongs to mathematician Terence Tao, with a confirmed IQ of 230.

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6lYY TIL “Macho Man” Randy Savage’s first wrestling persona was named “The Spider” and resembled Spider-Man. He would later square off against Spider-Man in the 2002 film.
K0Qa TIL famous gangster Johnny Stompanato stormed onto a movie set in the UK and pointed a gun at actor Sean Connery due to jealousy involved in Stompanato’s affair with Lana Turner, only to have Connery take the gun from him and force him from the movie set.
b9djZ TIL that Haddonfield, IL in Halloween (1978) was actually filmed in California in May. They scattered around artificial leaves which they had to gather and re-use in other scenes, and in a few scenes palm trees can be spotted.
7j4P TIL of Deep Thunder, a weather prediction system created by IBM and processed by Watson. Deep Thunder can accurately predict weather down to a .2 mile (one city block) radius using data it collects from smartphone barometers.
R7WJ4 TIL - Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse for 32 years, was married to Russi Taylor, the voice of Minnie Mouse.