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TIL that a survey in the early 1990s revealed that Mario was more recognizable to American children than Mickey Mouse.

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LQgQQ TIL of the estimated 900 deaths in the Grand Canyon, the leading cause of death is from airplane and helicopter crashes. 379 air crash deaths altogether. Falling is the #2.
9ZlD TIL there is a full McBain mini-movie hidden throughout Simpsons epsiodes
9pBB TIL that when astronauts return from space they are usually ~ 2 inches taller. This is due to the low gravity in space that allows for the vertebrae in the spine to spread apart.
78pgZ TIL Don Rosa, comic book illustrator for Disney, often hid the acronym D.U.C.K. in the cover or first panel of Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck stories. The acronym stands for "Dedicated to Unca Carl from Keno". (Examples in comments)
NaMQ TIL In 1944, at Auschwitz, 5 men managed to smuggle in a camera and take 4 photographs of the atrocities occurring. They are the only known photographs of Auschwitz.