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TIL crude oil comes chiefly from dead microorganisms, not dinosaurs

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KOKeR TIL that OG Spider-Man Tobey Maguire was at the center of the underground poker scene for the wealthy elite in LA and he "was the worst tipper, the best player, and the absolute worst loser". He used his best friend Leo DiCaprio as a lure to get billionaires to the table.
JYRNl TIL "five golden rings" may have originally referred to pheasants, rather than jewelry, so the sequence of birds is uninterrupted.
R5Jgj TIL a chicken named Mike lived for 18 months after being beheaded in 1945 because the axe missed his jugular vein and most of his brain stem. He was fed with an eyedropper, toured as a sideshow attraction earning $4,500/month, and was featured in Time and Life magazines.
XEpMP TIL in 2016, Alex Trebek, the host of "Jeopardy!", donated a total of $7.5 million to his Alma mater, University of Ottawa, to fund a Forum for Dialogue and a Speaker Series. The goal is to expose students to different world views through discussions and panels by speakers from around the world.
o8bL TIL white people have their own history of slavery by the Ottoman empire up until the 19th century.