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TIL in 2016 thousands of people signed an online petition demanding that retired pornographic industry actress Mia Khalifa be named the ambassador to Saudi Arabia under the new American government

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4XP4g TIL about Earth’s oldest known natural Nuclear Reactor, located in Oklo, Gabon. It's around two-billion years old, and was thought to have been active for several thousand years. Its average power output was 100 kilowatts, enough to run a few dozen toasters.
6E618 TIL: The hormone, oxytocin, which triggers feelings of unconditional love and protection occurs when parents and children look into each other’s eyes or embrace, this spikes in both human and canine brains, we love our pets in the same way as family members, and dogs return this devoted affection.
YpZnv TIL last words of murderer James French in the eletrical chair were "How's this for your headline? 'French Fries'"
m1XEP TIL the exercise paradox: hunter-gatherers who trek miles daily (or climb up trees) burn the same calories as much-less-active office workers and machine operators
pYm0e TIL that the Epic Sax Guy, known for his performance at Eurovision 2010, returned to Eurovision in 2017 and he and his band finished 3rd