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TIL that a hanging Munchkin on The Wizard of Oz set is a myth

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Pn7J TIL: Psychologists looked at the nature of the internet troll and discovered they were actually just the sadists and psychopaths that are part of our world. The internet just gave them a way to express it.
mPky TIL of an experiment where monkeys were introduced to the concept of money. Soon after some of them turned into thieves, prostitutes and even a “bank robber”.
bMeQ TIL that Frank Welker, the voice behind Scooby-Doo, Fred, Megatron, and more, has over 1,000 credits in voice acting, and, if the revenue from his credits was totaled, would be the highest-grossing actor of all time.
M1G0 TIL that Arthur Ganson built a kinetic sculpture of connected gears called “Machine with Concrete.” The 1st gear turns at 200 rpm and the last gear is stuck in concrete. It can still run because each gear set reduces the turning speed, meaning that the last gear only revolves every 2 trillion years.
X0AoR TIL that the 2010 FIFA world cup song "Waka Waka" by Shakira is actually based on a 1986 song "Zangaléwa", by Cameroonian band Golden Sounds, which was a hit not only across Africa but also in Colombia with the help of West African DJs where Shakira heard the tune when she was a child.