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TIL that on multiple occassions, scientists have in fact compared apples and oranges, and according to one study performed at the NASA Ames Research Center in 1995 they have been found to be "remarkably similar".

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0dRW5 TIL During WW2, Chinese forces opened the dikes on the Yellow River to slow the Japanese army. This resulted in an estimated 400,000 to 800,000 drownings and displaced millions. The course of the Yellow River moved several hundred kilometers.
rRNjw TIL Zack Snyder said he would like to do a film about George Washington at the Battle of Trenton in the style of '300'. Robot Chicken joked about him doing exactly that in 2009 in a short bit: “1776. It aint accurate, but it will blow your f-ing mind!”
LkL5p TIL United Way set a world record by releasing almost one-and-a-half million balloons that resulted in unexpected disaster. The event was intended to be a harmless fundraising publicity stunt, but the balloons drifted back over the city, Lake Erie, and landed in the surrounding area.
pYMgG TIL that Billboard, Rolling Stones, Variety, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Golden Globes and the AMAs are all owned by the same company, Penske Media Corporation
K9DR TIL that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg worried that the Sharptooth fight and death of Littlefoot’s mother in The Land Before Time would be too frightening or even psychologically-damaging to young children, so they consulted psychologists to examine the scenes.