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TIL that Brad Pitt tore his Achilles tendon whilst filming a fight scene for Troy… as Achilles.

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LQbdp TIL that the Northern English town of Barrow-in-Furness once had the largest steelworks in the world
wLlJE TIL of a bear that lives in the desert. The Gobi bear (Ursus arctos gobiensis) is a subspecie of Brown Bear that lives in Mongolia.
M7De8 TIL in 1986 an American woman, Judith Richardson Haimes, who worked as a psychic had an allergic reaction after receiving an iodine tracer injection (for a CAT scan) that allegedly disabled her psychic powers. She sued the hospital and was awarded $600,000 for pain and suffering and loss of income.
b6O6j TIL The Peace Arch Park lies between the U.S. and Canadian border crossings north of Seattle. During the COVID lockdowns couples could meet at the park to be together. It was the site of many lockdown weddings. Newlyweds had to return to their own country after.
9YGJp TIL the British Secret Service used semen as invisible ink during WW1, but stopped the practice later on because of the smell