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TIL: NASA has found that under certain conditions the moon rings like a bell.

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r1K4 TIL that Tom Hanks in Castaway allowed himself to gain weight to fit the role of a middle-aged man. Production was then halted for a year so he could lose 50 pounds and grow out his hair for his time spent on the island. During the hiatus, Robert Zemeckis used the same crew for What Lies Beneath.
QNl8M TIL our bodies cannot digest corn, this is why we always see them in our stool
0dOm5 TIL in 1916, Hawaiian music outsold all other genres in America.
oBJJ7 TIL that the largest 'standard' bed size is called the Super Caesar and that it measures in at 9ft x 7ft (275cm x 213cm). It can hold upto 6 adults (shoulder to shoulder) plus another laying at the foot of the bed.
VBEm4 TIL in 1905, a murderer was beheaded. After the guillotine fell, the severed head made eye contact with a doctor who called his name.