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TIL: for April fools Day 1957 the BBC programme panorama made a hoax video exploring the bountiful 'Spaghetti Harvest' that year

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eWNE TIL Human fingers can feel objects as small as 13 nanometers. “This means that, if your finger was the size of the Earth, you could feel the difference between houses from cars.”
D9Kr TIL Alton Brown, host of Food Network’s “Good Eats” was originally a cinematographer. He shot the video for R.E.M’s “The One I Love,” among others. He also didn’t attend culinary school until AFTER deciding to start a cooking show.
Q5Ne TIL in V for Vendetta, the motto of Norsefire, the totalitarian fascists that conquer Britain and create a Nazi-esque dictatorship, is “Make Britain Great Again”
vNlx TIL that it was a tradition in Ireland that if you donated a pint of blood, they’d give you a pint of Guinness to replace the iron.
9MKm TIL in Terminator 2, when the T-1000 takes on the form of Sarah Connor near the end, no special effects were needed. The T-1000’s imitation of Sarah Connor is actually played by Linda Hamilton’s twin sister, who also appeared in a few others scenes throughout the film.