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TIL the New Zealand army helped in making the LOTR films by filling as Soldiers and Orcs

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7r8DM TIL the most expensive painting in the world, recently sold at an auction for $450m, was bought in 2005 for just $10k.
MeJZW TIL how serial killer Dennis Rader was finally identified. In a letter to police, he asked whether they could trace a floppy disk containing his writings back to him. They replied that they couldn't, and so he sent it to a local FOX affiliate.
wGRJ TIL Restaurants often serve a fish called Escolar, disguised to be Tuna on the menu. Eating too much of this fish, more than 6 ounces, will cause explosive, oily, uncontrollable orange diarrhea. Accidents can also happen while passing gas.
ANa8d TIL For $250k you can visit the wreck of the Titanic
P155Z TIL of the Galileo Spacecraft, which deployed a probe to penetrate Jupiter's atmosphere. The probe was going over 106,000 mph when it reached Jupiter, fast enough to travel from LA to NYC in 90 seconds. The probe transmitted data from within Jupiter for about an hour before pressure crushed it.