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TIL the ‘pirate accent’ is entirely based on the performance of Robert Newton in the film Treasure Island.

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Lky9Z TIL that Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas and to satisfy SAG rules he had to change it due to some obscure guy with the same name.
m1E8P TIL that after being ousted by the Anschluss and kept in a concentration camp for 7 years the former dictator of Austria, Kurt Schushnigg, became a professor of political science in St. Louis University from 1948 to 1967.
v1dpB TIL Men initiate sex more than 3x as often as women do in a long-term, heterosexual relationship. However, sex happens far more often when the woman takes the initiative, implying that it’s the woman who sets limits, and that frequency of sex depends on how enthusiastic a couple are about it.
8apJb TIL The Potato paradox. If a 100 kg of potatoes consist of 99% water, but dehydrate so that they are only 98% water, they now only weigh 50kg.
LQj59 TIL that the Apollo 11 astronauts had to fill out customs forms when they returned from the Moon, listing their departure as "Moon" and cargo as "moon rocks and dust samples."