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TIL Europeans used to think tomatoes were poisonous because the acid in the tomato caused their pewter plates to leak lead into their food

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WZYX TIL that at midnight on Dec 30th, 1899, a ship positioned itself at the intersection of the date line and equator, such that the bow and stern occupied different seasons, hemispheres, days, years, and centuries. For the ship, Dec 31st never occurred.
OA8a TIL that Steven Spielberg had acquired the rights to Ghost in the Shell, which will be made into a live action movie that is prospected to have Scarlett Johanson as leading actress
kOOgE TIL Universal Studios bought the E.T. script for $1 million from Columbia Pictures (which held it from Spielberg after putting it in a "turnaround") in exchange for the latter to retain 5% of the film's net profits. Columbia stated it made more money from E.T. than it did any of its films in 1982.
dDYr8 TIL the birds with the largest egg size in relation to their body are Kiwis. Their eggs can weigh up to 1/4 the weight of a female. This places a strain on the body of the female, who has to eat 3 times the normal amount of food. The last few days, her stomach has no room and she is forced to fast
ZpVmG TIL that the Parker Solar Probe is going 700000 kph so it would take 33 minutes to reach the Moon From Earth.