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TIL 17 year old Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra was the first runner-up in Miss India 2000 competition because one of the jury members felt her complexion was “too dark”

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0KmA TIL Billie Thomas who played Buckwheat in the 1930s Little Rascals, went on to the Army and was award the National Defense Service Medal and Good Conduct Medal. He never acted again.
KGoQ TIL one of the most isolated memorials on earth was built by hand by the family members of UTA Flight 772. It took over 2 months to construct and can be seen with Google Earth.
e0b94 TIL that Richard Kiel, the seven-foot-tall actor who played Jaws in James Bond movies and video games, wrote a book about Kentucky abolitionist Cassius Clay
5Ydkk TIL that the color orange was called "red-yellow" until the English-speaking world was introduced to the fruit that was named "orange."
J17nB TIL that because giraffes are prey animals and have adapted to survive on less sleep, in uncomfortable positions, and to avoid becoming dinner, they often sleep two to a hammock.