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TIL that filming on the movie ‘The Abyss’ was so intense that actor Ed Harris spontaneously burst into sobbing one day while driving home.

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Wkr1Y TIL that "dietary supplements" in the United States don't need to pass any safety inspections or testing. Manufacturers don't have to prove their products are safe, or even effective, and the FDA can only remove an unsafe product after someone gets sick, dies, or files an "adverse event" report.
0JPN TIL: Sugar is used to stop concrete setting if it is poured by accident
0ly5 TIL Brazil will offer inmates in its crowded prison system a novel way to shorten their sentences – cutting four days for every book they read.
v1Ng4 TIL That cells in the retina decline in sensitivity as we age. Meaning that colours e.g blue appear washed out as the years pass. In short the sky actually was bluer when you were younger.
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