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TIL that Apocalypse Now has the most “mistakes” of any movie, with a total of 395 visible errors.

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M7LBm TIL while laying underwater cable in the Chicago river a diver discovered a 40ft submarine. Inside he found the remains of a human and a dog. Their identity is still a mystery more than a century later.
Q8G9 TIL that Oscar Wilde’s tomb was encased in glass in 2011, rendering it “kiss proof” after many lipsticked visitors left their marks.
AO0l TIL that quarantine comes from the Italian word quaranta, meaning 40 because ships coming in had to spend 40 days off shore to prevent latent plague victims from coming in
XoE TIL that there is a body of water in space that is large enough to give every person on earth enough water to fill the planet’s oceans.
XE7GP TIL Mr. Wizard's science television program—running from 1951 to 1965—was so influential in inspiring people to pursue science careers, ~50% of all applicants to Rockefeller University throughout the 1960s-1970s in New York cited him when they were asked how they first became interested in science.