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TIL that humans are the only animals that have chins

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mx8av TIL that after the Colossus of Rhodes snapped at the knees and fell over onto the city after an earthquake, the remains lay untouched for over 800 years. Even broken, the Colossus was so impressive that many people travelled just to see the pieces.
EgglW TIL that Scotts Miracle-Gro Company knowingly sold poisoned bird seed for over 2 years. They sold 70+ million bags of bird seed with a pesticide toxic to birds to help with insect control during storage. Scotts paid a fine of $4 million and give an additional $500,000 donation to wildlife study.
oPw7 TIL that for the movie Mallrats, Jason Mewes (Jay) had to audition for the role, even though it was written for him and he had played it before, because the studio did not want him. Others that he auditioned against included Seth Green and Breckin Meyer.
p1YG TIL, that British MPs while speaking within Parliament are exempt from defamation laws, this allows them to insult each other in any way possible without any legal consequence.
GAR6j TIL: Peanuts are in fact not a nut