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TIL that Oxford university is older than the Aztec empire

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gMaMX TIL that Brad Pitt once tried to buy himself out of the movie ‘Interview with the Vampire’. Upon hearing about the 40M$ exit clause, he shot the movie. It went on to receive 2 Oscar nominations and launched Kirsten Dunst’s career
b0PN TIL that, at the embryonic stage of development, humans have two hearts. They eventually fuse into one but, theoretically, if they were kept separated they would develop into two functional hearts.
17KP TIL there’s about 10 times the amount of water inside the earth, as there is in all the oceans, lakes, rivers, and glaciers on the surface.
W7vXo TIL that South College, a private for-profit college in the United States, has locations throughout the American South but is actually named after its current owner / chancellor. In 1989 it was acquired by businessman Stephen A. South.
gMDM4 TIL: Potato Plants Can Form Berries Which Are Toxic