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TIL the Dark Ages may have literally been dark because of debris from a comet filling the atmosphere

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wLrvP TIL that Iceberg B-15 was the world's largest recorded iceberg. It measured around 295 kilometres (183 mi) long and 37 kilometres (23 mi) wide, with a surface area of 11,000 square kilometres (4,200 sq mi)—larger than the whole island of Jamaica.
j6oWE TIL that Chris Farley was to be the original voice of Shrek, with at least 85% of dialogue already recorded
DQge TIL New York City bans unaccompanied adults from public parks with playgrounds.
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j66vv TIL during the filming of “Friday the 13th” (1980), the film was shot over multiple locations in New Jersey in the summer of ‘79, one of them being a small town called Blairstown. It turned out that Lou Reed lived next door to the set, and he would sometimes visit & perform on the set of the film.