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TIL, Ming-Na Wen who is well known for role as Dr. Jing-Mei Chen in ER, was pregnant with her first child in 2000. As a result, she continued to act and her pregnancy was written into the E.R. script, with her character giving up the child for adoption, following her child's birth on November 2000.

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PYZOO TIL in 1795, the Spanish crown institutionalized the 'purchase of whiteness' through a decree called the 'gracias al sacar'. In the Spanish empire, wealthy mixed race people could now pay for a legal declaration that 'converted them' to white in order to conduct business freely and marry well.
W7dP9 TIL That Dave Seville (Real Name Ross Bagdasarian) Of Alvin And The Chipmunks Fame Played The Composer In Rear Window (1954)
pW6O TIL in 2008, James “Angry Video Game Nerd” Rolfe, who works with Gametrailers.com, which is owned by Viacom, had his YouTube channel temporarily taken down due to his videos matching content owned by Viacom. The content ID match was to his own videos.
LkN5r TIL pearlfish like to reside in sea cucumber anuses
gr6eX TIL about the PL-12 Airtruk. The world's ugliest airplane.