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TIL that aspartame, the artificial sweetener, is made from genetically modified E.coli poop

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Mw47 TIL The kid’s television show LazyTown used Unreal Engine during filming to render it’s environments in real time.
g969 TIL in 1993 the owner of a zoo in Mexico was arrested when he illegally purchased an FBI agent in a gorilla suit, thinking it was an actual gorilla.
aAN0 TIL President George H.W. Bush was 17 when told of Pearl Harbor. He defied his Dad to join the Navy, becoming its youngest flier and a Pacific hero. Now, he doesn’t like to discuss it.
rl4 TIL that Cydia, the program that is installed onto your iPhone when you jailbreak it, got its name from cydia pomonella which is the stereotypical “apple worm.”
yxX TIL that all three of Tom Cruise’s marriages ended when his wives were 33 years old