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TIL that jellyfish eggs are fertilized by the male’s sperm in the female’s mouth

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Y7B6v TIL in 2013 Jennifer Lawrence rejected an invitation from Inside the Actors Studio, thinking her attitude and lack of experience would make host James Lipton "hate" her. "Tell me about your method? There is no method! I never know my lines! He would be horrified."
6ELMW TIL there are 4.7 million dog bites in the US each year, and 800,000 of those bites result in medical care. That means a dog bites 1 out of every 69 people.
nWv7P TIL the band that played "Loop De Loop" on that episode of SpongeBob also has other bangers such as "Waving My Dick in the Wind" and "You Fucked Up".
X09AP TIL about the Smooth-Hawley tariff act of 1930 which increased US tariffs (by an average of 20%) on over 20,000 imported goods, while it seemed succesful at first by 1933 US exports had declined by 61% and its GNP by almost 50%
pYG1G TIL Soviet ballet prodigy Rudolf Nureyev was from a Muslim Tartar family and started dance in Bashkir folk performances. On tour in Paris, he escaped the KGB to socialize at gay bars and with foreigners. In retaliation for defecting to the West, he was banned from seeing his mother for 25 years.