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B56r TIL Earth is being shadowed by a minor planet called 2010 TK7, a 300 meter diameter trojan asteroid that orbits the sun in a spiral pattern every 365.3 days, 60° ahead of Earth’s track through space. It has a gravitational force 1/20000 that of Earth and was only discovered in 2010.
kJp5d TIL that Iceland fought three wars with the United Kingdom between 1958 and 1976, winning every time
4XGw TIL the original Pokémon themesong suggested looking for Pokémon “under the earth, under the clouds, and under that girl’s skirt…”
OooD7 TIL Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi wrote the initial script for Disney's 'Moana' focusing more on Moana’s family relationships and adding irreverent, “very Pacific humour”. All that remains of his original script is “EXT: OCEAN – DAY”, jokes Waititi, but he felt the final product was “good”.
R7JV8 TIL the Uranium decaying in Chernobyl will outlast the Earth