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TIL That by following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour — by putting a frog in the bucket of milk — scientists have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.

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PYyQe TIL that during the tablecloth scene from the Grinch, Jim Carrey was supposed to pull everything off of the table, but he accidentally pulled the tablecloth clean off without knocking anything over, so he went back and improvised knocking everything down.
XE9kR TIL the founder and lead singer of new-wave band Devo, Mark Mothersbaugh, also composed the music for many TV shows including The Rugrats and Pee-wee's Playhouse.
N7X1P TIL: During the making of "Interview With The Vampire". Tom Cruise was the only person that read that entire Ann Rice's Vampire Chronical series. While the director was too lazy to read the book and Brad Pitt stopped after one chapter because he thought the book was stupid.
VNmp TIL The most push-ups done non-stop was 10,507 in 1980, and was the last time Guinness World Records published a non-stop push-up record
rRkPM TIL One of the reasons satellite phones never became the 'norm' despite having almost universal network coverage is time delay. These phones communicate through geostationary satellites that are 30,000+ km above Earth, which causes a time lag while talking to someone on the phone.