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TIL that earthworms do NOT surface to avoid drowning when it rains… Instead, they come to the surface to move overland. Since worms breathe through their skin, the skin must stay wet in order for the oxygen to pass through it. And earthworms can actually survive for several weeks under water…

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7ORL TIL Hugh Jackman was supposed to have a brief cameo as Wolverine in SPIDER-MAN (2002). Jackman actually showed up in New York to film the scene, but the entire plan was scrapped when the crew couldn’t get access to the Wolverine costume from X-Men.
xVmoB TIL divorce rates increase during times of hardship, war, and major events. Rates increased after World War II because people were quick to marry each other before they went to war. When soldiers returned, they found out that they didn't have much in common with their spouses, so they divorced.
Wa8o TIL a prospector in Oregon found a 16 ton meteorite on his neighbor’s land and dragged it almost a mile to his land to claim it as his own.
0dk11 Today I learned that serial killer Amy Archer-Gilligan, who ran a nursing home and murdered some of the residents, and one of her husbands, was the inspiration behind the Cary Grant movie, "Arsenic and Old Lace."
X064k TIL that when Sebastian Shaw arrived at the set of Return of the Jedi, he ran into his friend Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine). When McDiarmid asked Shaw what he was doing there, Shaw responded, "I don't know, dear boy, I think it's something to do with science-fiction." Shaw was the face of Darth Vader.