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TIL that the Neptunes Cup sponge grew so big that they were commonly harvested to be used as baths for infants. Overharvesting for this use contributed largely to their extinction until they were rediscovered in 2010.

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lXg5 TIL that Gary Oldman once lost his British accent due to all of his hard preparations for his different roles. He went to a speech therapist to help gain it back.
X0VZ6 TIL Elvis dreamed about building a guest house at Graceland as far back as 1960 but it was never built. The 450 room Guest House at Graceland finally opened in 2016, just steps from Presley's former home. The hotel employs 450 people and is the first in a working middle class Memphis neighborhood
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GJbg TIL that Finland is the only country that did not default on its debts from World War One. It continued to pay the United States until the last of its debt was discharged in 1976.
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