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TIL the main purpose of a clapperboard in film making is to synchronise picture and sound in post-production, and when out of sync it's called 'lip flap'

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l7jjG TiL, the Original Definition of Inflation was the Printing of Worthless Dollars.
awrGL TIL about an engineer named Matt Bowtell - who makes prosthetic limbs for people for free using his 3D printer.
Ddgr TIL the worlds largest recorded tsunami occurred in Lituya Bay Alaska in 1958. The wave was 516 metres (1720 feet) in height, and taller than the Empire State Building that stands 443 metres (1454 feet) in height.
5Yr9R TIL In 2012, the NOAA was forced to publish that Mermaids weren’t real. This was due to a Sci-Fi program on Animal Planet claiming that a Mermaid’s body had been found on a beach. Some believed it and contacted the NOAA, making them state: "No evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found,".
b9K09 TIL female shrimp get one or two eyes removed to increase reproduction- it’s called eyestalk ablation