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TIL Harrison Ford was paid $10000 for Star Wars

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Kn89 TIL there are more trees on earth than stars in the milky way…..with Canada, Siberia, and Scandinavia the “lungs of the planet.”
5Zp TIL that the largest international sperm bank turns down red haired donors.
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