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TIL Fracking caused a >10000% increase in Oklahoma earthquakes

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rRLke TIL the greater rhea, an ostrich-like bird native to South America, is now represented by a small but growing wild population in northern Germany after some escaped from a game farm in 2000. Hunting was recently introduced to control the population.
OG4Ng TIL Paul Thomas Anderson contacted Warren Beatty about playing Jack Horner, a veteran adult film director, in his movie Boogie Nights. After 2 weeks of discussion, Anderson realized the 60-yr-old wanted to play 18-yr-old adult film star Dirk Diggler. When asked if he'd play Horner, Beatty declined.
VBgnZ TIL that 12 million barrels of oil are used to produce plastic bags in the U.S.
A4lg TIL that more than 90% of Greenland sharks are blind, due to a parasite called ‘Ommatokoita elongatathat’ that lives exclusively in the eyes of the sharks, damaging their corneas.
KOr54 TIL in the 1980's the yellow pages aired an advert in Britain. The ad saw a pregnant woman with cravings ask her husband for a pizza with tuna fish and banana. Thousands of people tried to place orders for this weird combination of toppings, prompting Domino's to put it on the menu.