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TIL the Guardian newspaper ran a dating site for over 15 years

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m189v TIL: Coastal species are using plastic trash as rafts to spread across the oceans
QN0xM TIL there is a widespread belief that copperheads (a species of venomous snake, Agkistrodon contortrix) smell like cucumbers
GA7bQ TIL that Robin Williams was turned down to play Hagrid in the Harry Potter movies (and so was Rosie O’Donnell for Molly Weasley).
EZ1p TIL A Gurkha Soldier of the Indian Army single handedly fought off 40 armed bandits with his knife killing 3 and injuring 8 to save a girl from getting raped during a train robbery in India
oR77Y TIL that Hans Zimmer was in The Buggles historic "Video Killed The Radio Star." He's the keyboardist in the black jacket.