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TIL the average-sized apple has a weight force of approximately 1 Newton.

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x6Pmg TIL (while attempting to find the correct plural of "platypus") the correct Latin plural of Octopus, Platypus, and Rhinoceros are Octopodes, Platypodes, and Rhinocerotes (3rd declension). In this short posted video, "Hippopotami", "Brontosauroi", and "Walrussen" are also discussed.
16Gar TIL that Paul Hogan - aka Crocodile Dundee - got his start in show business on a TV talent show. He billed himself as a tap-dancing knife thrower, but could do neither. It was a fake act done specifically to make the judges look foolish.
jNYen TIL that famous jazz drummer Buddy Rich was once admitted to a hospital and was asked if he was allergic to anything. He answered: "Yeah, country music."
OonGe TIL The two parts to the word “helicopter” are not “heli” and “copter”, but “helico” meaning spiral, and “pter” meaning one with wings, like pterodactyl.
mxMMv TIL that Idina Menze the woman who played Maureen in Rent is also the performer who sang Let it Go in Frozen