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TIL gastrolith is a term for when animals store small rocks in their gastrointestinal tract and use them to grind food when they lack the suitable teeth.

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DQeBD TIL that the film version of the musical "In the Heights" nearly wasn't produced because Universal wanted a bankable star in the cast. While the film was in limbo, its writer Lin-Manuel Miranda went on vacation and bought a copy of Ron Chernow's "Hamilton", which inspired the show
dpw7 TIL- The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant which suffered a reactor melt down in 1986, continued to produce electricity until 2000, and still has three intact nuclear reactors.
kOdBB TIL Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) holds the record for the biggest car repair bill (via a successful insurance claim) to fix his crashed McLaren F1 - more than £900k
bO14 TIL of an Australian birthday tradition; where after cutting the cake, the birthday girl/boy has to kiss the nearest person of the opposite sex.
X65r TIL that the Mexican cartel boss ‘El Chapo’ would come out of hiding to eat at local restaurants. His men confiscated everyone’s phones before he ate, and when he left the phones were returned and their meals paid for.