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TIL that there is a Guinness World Record for the tallest stack of M&M's. Will Cutbill currently holds the record of 5 M&M’s.

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PYbNZ TIL babies don't have object permanence, meaning the concept of something existing without them perceiving it is foreign to them. Anything they can't see, doesn't exist.
87O4 TIL A Ukrainian student died when his chewing gum allegedly exploded in his mouth. Supposedly, he accidentally dipped his gum into an explosive instead of his packet of citric acid. “When his relatives entered the room they saw that the lower part of the young man’s face had been blown off.”
nWakW TIL that despite being such a prolific writer, there were only 7 people at Edgar Allan Poe’s funeral which was on Monday, October 8, 1849, in Baltimore. The Reverend decided not to bother with a sermon because the crowd was so small. The entire ceremony lasted only 3 minutes in cold, damp weather.
ALQx TIL Sean Connery was originally offered the role of Gandalf in the Lord Of The Rings films. He was offered $6 million per movie and a 15% stake in the box office profits. He instead declined the role stating he “never understood the script”. He would have made nearly $450 million had he accepted.
pQa8 TIL in Japan there is a family that has run the same hotel for nearly 1,300 years … or 46 generations