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TIL Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to thermal expansion

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N7Zo1 TIL The Star Wars (1977) attack run scene was heavily influenced by the Dam Busters (1955) bombing run (based on the true story of a low flying bombing run, deep in Axis territory, amidst enemy fire, with a very narrow target window to hit a weak point in enourmous enemy targets. Sound familiar?).
kOOZW TIL that there is a group of monasteries in Greece called Meteora that are carefully perched on top of cliffs several hundred metres high
l7OjK TIL: The Beatles were slow to the online music revolution. Beatles songs finally became available on iTunes in November 2010. Within a couple of days, 28 of the top 100 tunes being downloaded were by The Beatles. The band also made up 16 of the top 50 albums, including four in the top 10.
Wk9ZY Today I learned Shia LaBeouf was so unpopular on the set of Fury for his antics (face cutting, tooth pulling, not washing to get into character) he was installed in a bed and breakfast away from the rest of the cast during filming
5K4n TIL : That Han from Fast and Furious full name is ….. Han Seoul Oh -_-