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TIL Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson comes from a wide family of American Samoan professional wrestlers called the Anoa'i.

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QNwM TIL that in Romanian, the words for shit and Turkish Delight are the same (Rahat)
D1eVP TIL that the cast and crew of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia had no idea that they'd been nominated for a People's Choice Award until after they'd won it.
8aZ0P TIL the adhesive used on Post-It notes was developed in research at 3M by a scientist Dr. Silver as a failed super strength adhesive. For years Silver could not think of a use for it until his fellow scientist Art Fry considered its use to hold notes in his hymnal to mark pages for choir practice.
dgxK TIL Australia has historical records dating back 10,000 that accurately convey the disappearance and reappearance of islands with the raising and lowering of ocean levels
VM5j8 TIL the fooball player Mathieu Flamini's net worth is 100 times more than the club he recently played for.