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TIL when John Williams first played the two-note "Jaws" theme for Spielberg, Spielberg laughed, thinking it was a joke and expecting something more melodic. Williams replied, "The sophisticated approach you would like me to take isn't the approach you took with the film I just experienced." 5 June 2026 at 17:26

TIL when John Williams first played the two-note "Jaws" theme for Spielberg, Spielberg laughed, thinking it was a joke and expecting something more melodic. Williams replied, "The sophisticated approach you would like me to take isn't the approach you took with the film I just experienced."

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By:/u/Giff95

5 June 2026 at 17:26

TIL when John Williams first played the two-note "Jaws" theme for Spielberg, Spielberg laughed, thinking it was a joke and expecting something more melodic. Williams replied, "The sophisticated approach you would like me to take isn't the approach you took with the film I just experienced."

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TIL about the "Fever Effect", in which the symptoms of Autism seem to improve whenever an Autistic person develops a fever.

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5 June 2026 at 08:09

TIL about the "Fever Effect", in which the symptoms of Autism seem to improve whenever an Autistic person develops a fever.

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TIL Half of people who claim they have a food allergy do not 5 June 2026 at 03:31

TIL Half of people who claim they have a food allergy do not

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By:/u/butter_lover

5 June 2026 at 03:31

TIL Half of people who claim they have a food allergy do not

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TIL that during the 1970 World Cup qualifiers, members of the Australia national team consulted a witch doctor preceding their game against Rhodesia. Australia won but didn't pay the witch doctor, so he cursed their team instead. After that, Australia failed to qualify for the World Cup for 32 years

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5 June 2026 at 04:49

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TIL Jordan Peele has cited being offered the voice role of the Poop emoji in 2017's "The Emoji Movie" as the pivotal moment that convinced him to quit acting to focus on directing.

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By:/u/Giff95

4 June 2026 at 14:26

TIL Jordan Peele has cited being offered the voice role of the Poop emoji in 2017's "The Emoji Movie" as the pivotal moment that convinced him to quit acting to focus on directing.

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TIL of a couple who tried to conceive for 20 years, failing multiple IVFs and surgeries. Scientists used a new AI-guided robotic system that scanned 2.5 million microscopic images of a single sample, found the only 2 viable sperm cells hidden inside, and successfully started a pregnancy.

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By:/u/Similar_Detective861

4 June 2026 at 08:26

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TIL that there is an active volcano in Antarctica called Mount Erebus that literally spews crystallized gold dust into the air every single day

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3 June 2026 at 20:59

TIL that there is an active volcano in Antarctica called Mount Erebus that literally spews crystallized gold dust into the air every single day

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TIL a convenience store in Pocatello, Idaho has a video rental section called "Christina's Corner" which was created for a woman with Down Syndrome who is mostly nonverbal, so that she could still maintain her routine of renting movies after the video store next door had closed.

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By:/u/Sandstorm400

3 June 2026 at 05:49

TIL a convenience store in Pocatello, Idaho has a video rental section called "Christina's Corner" which was created for a woman with Down Syndrome who is mostly nonverbal, so that she could still maintain her routine of renting movies after the video store next door had closed.

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TIL that Marlon Brando refused to memorize lines for The Godfather. Cue cards were hidden all over set — including taped to other actors' faces and chests — so he could read them mid-scene. He believed not knowing his lines made his reactions feel genuinely unscripted.

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By:/u/Abject-Conference-90

2 June 2026 at 21:26

TIL that Marlon Brando refused to memorize lines for The Godfather. Cue cards were hidden all over set — including taped to other actors' faces and chests — so he could read them mid-scene. He believed not knowing his lines made his reactions feel genuinely unscripted.

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TIL despite boxed Kraft macaroni and cheese being an iconic example of American processed food, it is significantly more popular in Canada, where 55% more boxes are consumed per capita than the US.

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By:/u/NateNate60

2 June 2026 at 19:13

TIL despite boxed Kraft macaroni and cheese being an iconic example of American processed food, it is significantly more popular in Canada, where 55% more boxes are consumed per capita than the US.

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TIL of "going to the people" movement, aka "the mad summer of 1874", when as many as 4000 students abandoned their studies in the city or burned their degrees and moved to the countryside, intending to adopt the life of a peasant. Most of them had no experience of what that life was like at all

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By:/u/Mors_Acerba

2 June 2026 at 16:52

TIL of "going to the people" movement, aka "the mad summer of 1874", when as many as 4000 students abandoned their studies in the city or burned their degrees and moved to the countryside, intending to adopt the life of a peasant. Most of them had no experience of what that life was like at all

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TIL that a river in Peru is literally boiling hot and will cook alive anything that falls into it. The hottest stretch of the Shanay-timpishka River is 210°F.

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By:/u/phaeolus97

2 June 2026 at 12:30

TIL that a river in Peru is literally boiling hot and will cook alive anything that falls into it. The hottest stretch of the Shanay-timpishka River is 210°F.

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TIL George Clooney once gave 14 of his friends $1 million each 1 June 2026 at 23:16

TIL George Clooney once gave 14 of his friends $1 million each

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1 June 2026 at 23:16

TIL George Clooney once gave 14 of his friends $1 million each

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TIL that in 2024, archeologists in Spain found the skeleton of a 6-year-old Neanderthal with Down Syndrome.

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By:/u/Sebastianlim

1 June 2026 at 17:44

TIL that in 2024, archeologists in Spain found the skeleton of a 6-year-old Neanderthal with Down Syndrome.

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TIL that George Lucas' new LA museum would've been built in Chicago where a parking lot currently exists, but a local advocacy group "Friends of the Parks" sued to protect the parking lot, arguing it could hypothetically one day be a park, therefore violating Chicago's Lakefront Protection law

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By:/u/jabronified

1 June 2026 at 14:30

TIL that George Lucas' new LA museum would've been built in Chicago where a parking lot currently exists, but a local advocacy group "Friends of the Parks" sued to protect the parking lot, arguing it could hypothetically one day be a park, therefore violating Chicago's Lakefront Protection law

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TIL when the writers were writing scripts for the TV series Community, they often wrote into the end of the scene "And then Donald says something funny" - meaning Donald Glover would just do improv. "Donald's response would be to riff a line funnier than we could have come up with," Dan Harmon said.

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By:/u/Double-decker_trams

1 June 2026 at 06:36

TIL when the writers were writing scripts for the TV series Community, they often wrote into the end of the scene "And then Donald says something funny" - meaning Donald Glover would just do improv. "Donald's response would be to riff a line funnier than we could have come up with," Dan Harmon said.

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TIL in 2003 when Eminem planned to go to the West Coast, some members of the Crips wouldn't allow it unless Em paid them to back off. In response, Em asked the Samoan rap group Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. for protection. They agreed, however their only condition was an Em feature on their album.

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By:/u/tyrion2024

31 May 2026 at 15:27

TIL in 2003 when Eminem planned to go to the West Coast, some members of the Crips wouldn't allow it unless Em paid them to back off. In response, Em asked the Samoan rap group Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. for protection. They agreed, however their only condition was an Em feature on their album.

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TIL missing Exit 193 for Yeehaw Junction on the Florida Turnpike would require you to make a 96-mile detour - the longest in the U.S. highway system

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31 May 2026 at 12:14

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TIL that in 1891 the US Government decided that all cities ending in -burgh had to drop the h. Pittsburgh, PA resisted this and the local government kept using the h while federal institutions used "Pittsburg". In 1911 due to political pressure the US Government recognized the Pittsburgh spelling.

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31 May 2026 at 07:10

TIL that in 1891 the US Government decided that all cities ending in -burgh had to drop the h. Pittsburgh, PA resisted this and the local government kept using the h while federal institutions used "Pittsburg". In 1911 due to political pressure the US Government recognized the Pittsburgh spelling.

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TIL that Justin Zackham, the writer of the 2007 film The Bucket List, coined the expression "bucket list" after he wrote his own "List of Things to do Before I Kick the Bucket" and shortened it to "Justin's Bucket List". The first item on his list was to "get a film made at a major studio".

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By:/u/DWJones28

30 May 2026 at 19:36

TIL that Justin Zackham, the writer of the 2007 film The Bucket List, coined the expression "bucket list" after he wrote his own "List of Things to do Before I Kick the Bucket" and shortened it to "Justin's Bucket List". The first item on his list was to "get a film made at a major studio".

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