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TIL that lots of kids are named Bluey. It was the 9,217 most popular baby girl name and 8,212 most popular baby boy name in 2023. It was also a somewhat popular name before the kids tv show Bluey began production in 2018.

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KO6O4 TIL that just like humans, dogs have an oil on their bodies that converts to vitamin d when exposed to the sun. Unlike humans dogs cannot absorb this oil, and must instead invest it via licking and grooming.
v1eR TIL Kris Kristofferson was a Golden Gloves boxer, a Rhodes Scholar, a military Captain, a West Point professor, and landed a helicopter in Johnny Cash’s yard to hand him music that became song of the year, ultimately going ono a successful music career, and then onto Hollywood to make movies.
VBVLp TIL that a polar bear liver has enough vitamin A to kill 52 adults! Ito cells are cells in the liver that store Vitamin A (Lipid soluble). High Vitamin A production in marine algae at the bottom of the food chain results in polar bear livers with enough Vitamin A to last a human 143 years!
awEmN TIL Laurence Fishbourne was 14 when shooting began for Apocalypse Now, even though he lied and said he was 16. The movie took so long to film he was 17 by the time it wrapped, the actual age of his character. The whole experience is reminiscent of the many underaged boys who enlisted in Vietnam
lnxA TIL Volvo invented the three point seat belt and then gave free license to all other auto manufacturers to use it