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TIL: After being featured in Madonna's video for "Papa Don't Preach" actor Danny Aiello made his own video titled "Papa Just Wants the Best for You" in response.

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KYvn9 TIL in 1914 a boy threw a tennis ball that got stuck high up in an archway of the Lincoln Cathedral. Over 90 years later, the boy's nephew wrote a letter to the cathedral asking if he could have it back, though secretly hoping the cathedral would notice it and leave it in place.
wLXe1 TIL that the tallest man of all time was Robert Wadlow @ 2.72m or 8 ft 11. He was asked if it bothers him that people stare, and he answered "No, I just overlook them."
EgPP7 TIL voice actor Márcio Simões dubbed the films of both Will Smith and Robin Williams for Brazilian audiences. This means he voiced the Genie in both the 1992 and 2019 versions of Aladdin.
LA9p TIL - Scientists can accurately recover sound in a video that has been recorded without audio, just by observing the micro-vibrations of inanimate objects in that video.
J1Nw1 TIL, Calvin Klein's cologne 'Obsession' can draw big cats like Tigers, Jaguars etc from as far as half a mile, who then proceed to taking long sniffs and cuddling against the source, savouring the smell much longer than they savour even their meals