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TIL David Lynch is an Eagle Scout

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gjr8 TIL that Ozzy Osbourne’s entire genome was once analyzed by scientists to determine how his body survived decades of drug abuse.
OGDR7 TIL Humans kill somewhere between 100 & 273 million sharks annually . Most are slaughtered exclusively for their fins to make a soup that is unhealthy—the tissue contains high levels of methylmercury. Population declines since the 1970s: blacktip = 93%, tiger = 97%, bull/dusky/hammerhead = 98%.
Z8WeR TIL a googol is 10 raised to the hundredth power and a googolplex is 10 raised to the power of a googol.
JQ74 TIL the guy from the “Tips Fedora” / “M'lady” meme played Pugsley Addams in the “Addams Family Reunion” movie.
AN9l7 TIL Joaquin Phoenix's older brother, River Phoenix, was set to play Arthur Rimbaud in Total Eclipse (1995), Jim Carroll in The Basketball Diaries (1995) & Jack Dawson in Titanic (1997). After his death in 1993, all these roles ultimately went to Leonardo DiCaprio.