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TIL when Nathan Lane told his mother he was gay, she replied “I would rather you were dead”. To which Nathan said, “I knew you’d understand.”

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OxEa TIL that practically all animals make vitamin C in their bodies, so they don’t have to eat it. The exceptions are guinea pigs, fruit eating bats, the red vented bulbul bird and primates, including man.
mx1wP TIL that in Beijing every citizen that has more than 11yo have to plant at least 3 trees per year to help the nature to grow more fast
jb8R TIL that John F Kennedy ordered 1,200 Cuban cigars just hours before signing the trade embargo in 1962.
QZXM TIL The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has more than 20,000 marijuana seeds, ensuring weed will survive the apocalypse.
9pv7 TIL that in the 1974 movie The Klansman, O.J. Simpson highjacks a Ford Bronco to escape from the police, foreshadowing events in 1994 (beginning around 67:14 mark)