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TIL Christopher Mintz-Plasse (McLovin) was only 17 when Superbad was filmed. As a result, his mother had to be present during his sex scene.

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L9oP TIL A teacher who sexually abused a student and forced her to take nude photos was caught after a janitor cleaning his classroom found a DVD. It was labeled 300 and he mistook it for the action film of the same name. He put the disk into a DVD player to watch it and discovered the naked photos.
b5wE TIL the Amazon Rainforest loses about 22,000 tons of the phosphorus in its soil due to floods every year. The Amazon remains so fertile because the dust of a dried up lake in the Sahara Desert traveling through the atmsophere feeds the Amazon’s plants the phosphorus it lost.
ADoV7 TIL in 1054, Chinese astronomers noted a bright "guest star" in Taurus that was visible in the daytime for 3 weeks and didn't completely fade out for almost two years. The "guest star" was actually the supernova explosion that created the Crab Nebula, which is located some 6,500 light-years away.
ZpyPR TIL that Nicholas Pileggi, author of the book which was made into the movie Goodfellas, was also responsible for the movie Casino. Bonus fact - Pileggi originally intended to write another book that would lead to a film adaptation, but he was convinced by Martin Scorcese to do the opposite.
epKlk TIL the whistly/chirpy sound you hear when mourning doves take off and fly isn't a vocalization. The sound comes from specially shaped feathers on the wings. See video for examples