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TIL The word Anaconda originated from tamil. anai-kondra meaning elephant killer

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n8Ab TIL Tom Hanks intentionally gained 50 pounds to film the first half of Cast Away. He then took a year off to lose the weight and grow out his hair prior to filming the second half. During the break, the director and most of the crew went off to film What Lies Beneath.
BgKvr TIL that over half of the world’s internet users got online for the first time after 2010. As of 2021, there were about 4.9 billion internet users globally, up from 2 billion in 2010.
7r76M TIL about ruby chocolate, a "fourth type" of chocolate (in addition to dark, milk, and white) introduced in 2017. It has a slightly sweet and sour flavor.
x7nw TIL Kinder Morgan believes oil spills are good for the economy because it creates jobs to clean it up.
8ek9L TIL that a Moms for Liberty member got a book about banning books from school libraries in the school libraries of Florida's Indian River County school district