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TIL that the reason why Rebel Wilson got into acting was because she contracted malaria and hallucinated that she was an Oscar winning actress.

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YeVr TIL if a member of the US military or a US official is detained by the International Court in the Hague, the US has a law allowing it to invade the Netherlands to release them.
e0Jak TIL that, unlike adult cataracts, which can be removed after years and normal eyesight is restored, severe pediatric cataracts must be treated within weeks or the brain will learn to permanently ignore the defective eye.
PYloV TIL that a study co-authored by hundreds of physicists, "The Effects of Peanut Butter on the Rotation of the Earth," is only one sentence long: "So far as we can determine, peanut butter has no effect on the rotation of the earth."
kOB5e TIL that the largest trebuchet ever made was called 'War Wolf' and, at ~400ft tall, was so massive and intimidating that it made the Scots surrender on sight. Despite this, it was fired anyway to observe the destruction it would cause.
xp61 TIL: Safety Beach located in Victoria, Australia. Changed its name from Sharks Cove to Safety Beach, to encourage more tourists to visit