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TIL I learned the CIA directly influences the production of movies and Hollywood since 1946

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4VrJ TIL there is a word that rhymes with orange. Sporange is a botany term that means “spore case.”
OGjO4 TIL that Fields condition is the rarest medical condition in the world with only three cases ever identified which causes painful muscle spasms ,makes them unable to speak without electronic aids and makes them immobile.
BrDnd TIL Japanese typewriters have a different kind of design then the other typewriter to accommodate 2400 Kanji characters it has a cylindrical design and typing is slow and hectic as you have to search an enter only one character from array of 2400 characters
kJeZ1 TIL Peter Sellers died of a heart attack at 54. His son later died of a heart attack exactly 26 years later to the day, aged 52.
j6MwQ TIL about the Javan Rhinoceros. A critically endangered species of rhino. Currently there are about 76 Javan rhinos surviving in just one country, Indonesia.