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TIL Apollo 13 was filmed using zero-g training planes to simulate weightlessness instead of wires and CGI

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Yp5kG TIL about Rosie the Ribiter, the American Bullfrog that holds the record for longest frog jump with a leap of 21 ft, 5 in in 1986. The prize for anybody to beat the record stands at $5000 USD
6Emg8 TIL the company that developed the first all-wheel drive vehicles was named "Four Wheel Drive", and after their invention the company's name "Four Wheel Drive" became synonymous with all-wheel drive vehicles from any manufacturer.
VMPX8 TIL that in 1858, over 200 people in England were poisoned with arsenic, after buying and eating accidentally-poisoned sweets. 21 of them died. The event contributed to the passage of the 1868 Pharmacy Act in the United Kingdom and legislation regulating the adulteration of foodstuffs.
8eK1P TIL that Aphantasia is a condition where your brain doesn’t form or use mental images as part of your thinking or imagination.
x6Log TIL that Könsrock (Swedish for “Genitalia rock”) is a Swedish punk subgenre focusing on toilet humor, handicapped people, diseases, and other taboo topics. The genre was pioneered by the band Onkel Kånkel and his Kånkelbär (“Uncle Dingle and his Dingleberries”).