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TIL Mick Jagger starred as the infamous Australian Bushranger (Outlaw) Ned Kelly in a 1970 film Ned Kelly. He requested an audition in 1975 as Dr. Frank N Furter in the film adaptation of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, producers had their eyes set on Tim Curry who played the character in theatre.

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E1nKp TIL that the climate of the Sahara undergoes enormous variations between wet and dry every 20500 years due to a tilt in the earth.At present (2018 AD), we are in a dry period, but it is expected that the Sahara will become green again in 15000 years
8MbK TIL there are series of species where species A can interbreed with species B, and species B with species C, but not species A with species C. They’re called ring species.
epA4E TIL that the UN peacekeeper forces are primarily composed of soldiers from poor countries as the UN pays governments 1410$/month(as of 2018) for each soldier. UN also doesn't give salaries, pensions or any benefits for soldiers so governments use part of this 1410$ for paying them
p8Xl8 TIL that in the UK, kestrels were once called “windfuckers”.
kOZ6m TIL about 6-on-6 high school girls basketball that was extremely popular in Iowa. The teams had 3 guards that only played defense and 3 forwards that only played offense; these players had to stay on one side of the court.