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TIL Pandora's box was actually a jar.

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rR9g1 TIL that the ''I am Iron Man'' line from the first Iron Man movie is actually improvised. Downey Jr. blurted out the revelation to the surprise of Feige, who became excited by the choice and approved leaving it in before the cut to the end credits.
PQ0J TIL in 1997 physicists at the University of Geneva sent photons seven miles in opposite directions and demonstrated that interfering with one provoked an instantaneous response in the other.
8eQy8 TIL Sklar has collaborated on recordings and tours with numerous musicians, including James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, Phil Collins, Toto, and Lyle Lovett. Sklar has contributed his skills to well over 2,000 records as a group member, session musician, or touring musician.
a87VN TIL that Elizabeth Holmes' father was an executive at Enron, a corporation which famously collapsed after it was discovered that they had continually and egregiously defrauded both their own investors and the federal government.
90kp TIL China accounts for nearly half the world consumption of instant noodles at 44%