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TIL that one Texas filmmaker made the same film 300 times

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9YjXm TIL That WD-40 is called WD-40 because It took Rocket Chemical Company 40 attempts to get the water displacing formula worked out.
QNB4p TIL a place from the middle of a tectonic plate can end up in the middle of another. Cratons are pieces of light continental crust that have never sunk into the earth to be recycled. The rock around the cratons sink and grow, and the cratons can break and stick to another plate, making this possible
d88w9 TIL that saying "God Bless You" when someone sneezes likely originated from the time of the bubonic plague wherein one of the symptoms of the disease is sneezing. Saying "God bless you" to someone who just sneezed serves as a prayer for the person for his otherwise certain death.
v15g4 TIL that the EV charging standard "CHAdeMO" is named after the Japanese phrase "O cha demo ikaga desuka," which translates to "How about a cup of tea," alluding that an EV can be charged using the standard in the time it takes to have a cup of tea.
kOR07 TIL There is a beach in France where Garfield telephones have been washing ashore for over 30 years