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TIL that there are 10,000 stars in the universe for every grain of sand on Earth

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MYEB TIL that the word ‘plastic’ in 'plastic surgery’ is in no way a reference to the petroleum based engineered material, but actually denotes 'sculpting or reshaping’, from the Greek derived word 'πλαστική’ (plastikē), “the art of modelling” of malleable flesh.
W7E4B TIL about the "52-hertz whale". A Whale of unknown species, that uses the unique frequence of 52 hertz for his calls, while other whales close to his migration pattern use frequences of 10-39 hertz. Therefore he never got an answer to his call and is considered to be the loneliest whale in the world
yQZkM TIL that the Hotel Del Coronado in southern CA uses a trained Hawk to keep seagulls from bothering guests who are dining outdoors.
epEwL TIL Elizabeth Short’s (the Black Dahlia) mother found out she’d been murdered when a reporter called her and said her daughter won a beauty contest. The reporter then proceeded to get a bunch of information about Elizabeth before telling her mother she'd been brutally murdered and hanging up.
e1kE TIL Ghostbusters was written over 3 weeks in a bomb shelter on an island off Massachusetts.