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TIL : a man from colombia was diagnosed with tapeworm cancer (sciencenorway.no)

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TIL Adam Driver has been nominated for 2 Academy Awards, 2 BAFTAs, 4 Emmys, 3 Golden Globes, 4 Screens Actors Guilds, and 1 Tony.....and won none of them. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL that a uranium mill operated from 1950-1984 in Moab Utah, leaving a large pile of contaminated waste on the banks of the Colorado River, endangering human, animal, and plant life all the way to... (www.constructionequipmentguide.com)

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TIL A man was convicted of exposing himself to a 10-year-old girl, the judge ordered that after he was released from prison, he had to wear a shirt reading "I am a registered sex offender" at his j... (www.crschools.net)

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TIL Belgium recently went 652 days without a government (2018-2020)! They also had a previous record of 541 days without a government back in 2010-2011. (www.reuters.com)

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TIL that there is restaurant in Beijing that specialises in preparing dishes from the genitals (penises and testicles) of male animals. (www.timetravelturtle.com)

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TIL about the winterworm, people pay ALOT to eat the cordyceps fungus in Asia. Made famous by the recent TV drama The Last of Us, prices are as high as $18,000 per kg. Eaten for its herbal properti... (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL darker coffee roasts have less caffeine. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL In Britain during the First World War white feathers, which symbolized cowardice, were often given to males out of uniform by women to shame them publicly into signing up to join the war. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL during WW2 Hungarian chemist and noble laureate, George de Hevesy, dissolved two fellow laureate’s gold Noble Prizes in aqua regia to prevent Nazis from confiscating them (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL "Shiny Happy People" by R.E.M. was used as the theme song to the unaired pilot for the sitcom Friends, before it was replaced by the Rembrandts' "I'll Be There for You". (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL: That 4/20 is also National Pineapple Upside-down Cake Day. (www.daysoftheyear.com)

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TIL name of the Halliburton Company is inscribed on the dome of the Oklahoma State Capitol Building (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL Robert Shaw; "Quint", died only three years after he appeared in Jaws at the age of 51 (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL Halo 2 was delayed due to a picture of a developer's butt (www.halopedia.org)

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TIL the actor who played Sea Bass in Dumb and Dumber (1994) is Hockey Hall of Famer and Boston Bruins president Cam Neely. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL Mugger crocodiles & American alligators use tools: they collect sticks, partially submerge themselves, balance the sticks on their head, & when a bird approaches to take a stick for its... (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL that there is an island off the coast of Long Island, New York that has been been privately owned by the same family for 400 years (www.atlasobscura.com)

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TIL MD 20/20 is short for Mogen David fortified wine. Mad Dog is only a nickname for the drink. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL: The etiquette of dueling in America has 25 rules for both guns and sword duels. An insult to one's lady is considered a great offense and the first 10~ rules involve the pre duel banter and gi... (www.pbs.org)

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TIL that the death rate for heart attacks increases by 15% on days when marathons are held in major US cities. This is thought to be due to road closures and traffic around the marathon route. Ambu... (www.usatoday.com)

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TIL; Flushing a toilet with the lid down could reduce airborne particles by as much as 50%. (www.microbiologyresearch.org)

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TIL that a study on 'strategic ejaculation' found that heterosexual men ejaculate more quickly and produced higher quality ejaculates (volume & total number of motile sperm) when masturbating t... (www.psypost.org)

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TIL of Variety Children's Charity. It was founded by a group of men in show business who found a baby on the steps of a movie theater. After raising money for her they raised money for poor kids. L... (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL the images of space you see from space telescopes like the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope are initially in black and white and the colors are later edited in by people. (webbtelescope.org)

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