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TIL not all gum trees are Eucalyptus trees

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EgGyW TIL When they casted Robin Lively as Daniel LaRusso's love interest in 'Karate Kid III', producers were forced to take out the romance between her charatcer and Daniel because Robin was a minor at the time (16) and Ralph Macchio was 27 (although his character Daniel is 17).
O9mg TIL that a woman without a vagina performed oral sex, got in a knife fight, and was impregnated when the sperm passed from her stomach to her uterus. This was in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
5VNwP TIL about Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) who job, among others, is to study and plan the destruction of underground bunkers in adversary nations.
VXBp TIL “Flo” from Progressive Insurance earns $500,000 per year for those TV commercials.
PWlZ TIL that a cat named Simon served on a Royal Navy ship in 1949, and received a medal for surviving injuries from a cannon shell, raising morale, and killing off a rat infestation during his service. He died of an infection from his wounds and hundreds attended his funeral.