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TIL that despite playing an anti-Semitic Kazakhstani man, Sasha Baron Cohen is actually speaking Hebrew throughout the entire movie "Borat"

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MenRb TIL in 1961 the entire U.S. figure skating team died in an airplane crash - causing a mandate still in effect that no team travelling to international competition would be allowed to fly together ever again
x9Pk TIL the reason peanut butter doesn’t go bad is its aridity; with a moisture content of about 2%, it doesn’t contain enough water to support bacterial and fungal growth.
j6jbj TIL The summit of Mount Everest is not the farthest point on Earth away from the Earth's center. The summit of Chimborazo, a volcano in Ecuador, holds that designation due to Earth's slight equitorial bulge.
Z8kkv TIL that a study finds out “Bisexual men are real”
VwMB TIL there are stars in the known universe that are cold enough to be touched by the human hand