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TIL the Grand Canyon is listed at just 7th in the world on a list of "greatest ravines".

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nerGo TIL The Earth has another continent called Zealandia. The entire continent sank after breaking away from Australia around 65-80 million years ago
rNe9M TIL when Ben Stiller decided to play the lead role in Tropic Thunder himself, Tom Cruise called him & said that "he just couldn't get the script out of his mind" & asked him "What else is open?" Stiller suggested the role which Cruise had actually invented, studio head Les Grossman, and he took it.
4XmmR TIL that Tears for Fears: Everybody wants to Rule the World was inspired by Simple Minds: Waterfront (a mate of mine is in that video..somewhere)
D1Y1P TIL of "After School Satan", an after school program run in public schools across the US by The Satanic Temple, which emphasizes a scientific and rationalist, non-superstitious world view.
ANmkl TIL that researchers have developed a new blood test that can predict if someone will develop Alzheimer's disease up to 16 years before symptoms appear