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TIL that Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost’s “Alexa Mind Reader” is the all-time most expensive Super Bowl ad at $26 million

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l1RA TIL that when fans complained to EA about one of the many bugs in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08’, including one that allows a player to take shots from the water, they responded with a video stating that Tiger can actually walk on water and this was a feature, not a glitch
E6dd TIL that The Longest Straight Line You Can Sail on Earth is Pakistan to Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia – 20000 miles
OG5ra TIL in 1935, Major League Baseball player Len Koenecke was beaten to death on an airplane after trying to take control of the airplane.
wOmJ TIL that “Bruce”, the shark created for the movie Jaws, almost killed George Lucas. On a visit to the effects shop Lucas stuck his head into the shark’s mouth and, as a joke, Spielberg closed it on his head, trapping him. The mouth was jammed shut and had to be pried open in order to free Lucas.
NXYeE TIL that 20%-40% of the population do not carry the gene that would allow them to smell cyanide.