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aP0 TIL during the battle scenes in Braveheart, the extras who were members of the F.C.A., the Irish version of the territorial army, members of different companies took the chance to beat each other up during the filming which explains the realistic fighting
Lk7L0 TIL A factoid was originally defined as a piece of information that's commonly believed to be true, but which is actually false. For example, the idea that the Great Wall of China can be seen from space by the naked eye is a factoid
16ZEd TIL from 1965 to 2021, average home values in the US have risen 118% ($171,942 to $374,900) while median household income has risen 15% ($59,920 to $69,178) over the same period.
KVG9 TIL that the New Horizons space probe to Pluto is actually powered by Plutonium.
yVNyM TIL that the London Underground map's famous design is based on circuit diagrams. Its designer, Harry Beck, was an engineering draughtsman, and decided to strip away geographical accuracy in favour of making the links between stations as neat and readable as possible.