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TIL: Up until 1978, the Mormon Church taught that blacks were once an evil race of Jews who were coloured by God for their wickedness

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XxkD TIL “canned laughter” tracks no longer exist, and is almost always a real live studio audience whose recording has been artificially “sweetened” in post production
8exeL TIL that hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backward. They are also the only birds capable of hovering in the air for an extended period.
KOJYR TIL there's a legal strategy called the "Shaggy Defence", where in the face of direct evidence of guilt, the defendant simply claims that it wasn't them.
4X7DR TIL the Jurassic Park film crew were stranded after a hurricane. The pilot that flew them to safety was the same pilot who played Jock, the guy that flew Indiana Jones to safety in the opening scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark over 11 years earlier
JDkQ TIL that Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.