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TIL That Vin Diesel’s real name is Mark Sinclair

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M7ky7 TIL that it’s a felony to have a one night stand in Michigan
eJMk TIL that during conservation efforts to save the critically endangered toolache wallaby, 10 of the last surviving members of the species were accidentally killed during efforts to capture them for a breeding program. The species is now extinct.
QNpEX TIL every year A Christmas Story (1983) inspires kids to lick frozen metal utility poles "to see if it really works". Scott Schwartz, who played the character Flick who gets his tongue stuck in the movie, said he gets at least 1 or 2 calls a year informing him about a kid that recently got stuck.
Brldy TIL The reason Jonathan Frakes has a distinctive way of sitting (known as the Riker maneuver) on The Next Generation is because he injured his back working as a furniture mover. This is also why he leans on chairs and consoles, or has one leg propped up on something.
GQBJ TIL if you are older than 29, every puppy you saw as a baby is dead.