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TIL that one Texas filmmaker made the same film 300 times

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KONKJ TIL that an annual supply of bottled water for a person who consumes 8 glasses a day would cost approximately $200; the same amount of tap water would cost approximately $0.33.
LQAVm TIL The animal phylum "Echidnoderm" meaning "spiny skin" has nothing to do with the animal named Echidna and instead includes animals such as urchin and starfish.
OoZBX TIL that "it was a dark and stormy night," a catchphrase that has become shorthand for bad writing, comes from the opening line of the 1830 novel "Paul Clifford" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. The phrase was first used in print by Washington Irving in his 1809 "A History of New York."
eZ7b TIL Scientists Can “Unboil” an Egg
KOx6E TIL the recommendation of drinking 8 glasses of water has no medical reasoning. The current advice is listening to your body and drinking when thirsty, unless you're outside on a hot day.