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TIL the current world record holder of the widest tongue is the actor Brian Thompson (Cobra, Terminator, X-Files)

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x6Oj1 TIL about the big sun dial in Cranmer Park in Denver, Colorado, which actually keeps time. The current sundial is the second one as the original donated in 1941 was destroyed by vandals with dynamite in 1965. A replcament was installed in 1966 after a citywide fundraising effort.
xVJ87 TIL that actor George Wendt ("Norm" from "Cheers") is an uncle of actor and former SNL writer and cast member Jason Sudeikis, his sister's son.
QJ499 TIL red foxes have been domesticated, similar to the way of wolves to dogs. It began in 1959 by a zoologist only as an experiment, but the foxes have use today.
nW4V9 TIL in 1940 Swedish cryptographer Arne Beurling deciphered the Nazi's T52, a machine more complex than Enigma. This way, the Swedes knew about Operation Barbarossa before it began. Since they wouldn't reveal how this knowledge was attained, their warning to the Soviets was not treated as credible
KYMmB TIL in 2014, a major radioactive waste incident occurred in the United States when workers filled a barrel with the wrong brand of cat litter.