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TIL to film the weightless space scenes in the Apollo 13 movie the cast and crew did 612 25-second takes aboard NASA’s zero-gravity plane

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4XjDJ TIL Waylon Jennings asked for a $25k advance on his royalties in '72; RCA countered with $5k. When a mtg on it between him, his business mgr and the RCA bosses went silent, he walked out to take a piss. Upon returning he had a deal for the $25k advance and creative control over his next album.
gr0pA TIL: Long Hundred is 120 and was previously referred to as Hundred in Germanic languages
6K0m TIL scientists tracked a Cuvier’s beaked whale that dived to the depth of 2,992 m (9,816ft). The same whale stayed underwater, without taking a single breath, for 138 minutes.
b9E7Q TIL Walter P. Chrysler created two car brands, DeSoto and Fargo, to intimidate the owners of Dodge into selling the company to Chrysler by creating new competition for them.
5YDVk TIL Black Raspberries aren't blackberries. Blackberries have a torus (stem) in them while Black Raspberries are hollow and sweeter