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TIL North America has 6% of the world population but 34% of human biomass

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7n9x TIL Kevin Spacey was originally slated to play the president in Independence Day. Studio executives insisted the part be rewritten for Bill Pullman because they felt Spacey was incapable of starring in blockbusters. He won his first academy award 10 months later.
GkG TIL the early Christian church wed same-sex couples, going against a Roman law against the practice, through the 14th Century.
mRx TIL when you pull Sellotape off the roll, high energy X-rays are emitted. Sometimes, enough are given off that an X-ray image of the users finger could be produced.
kOpNB TIL that Michael Myers terrifying mask in "Halloween" is based on William Shatner's face and was purchased for $1.98 from a costume shop.
PNgg TIL that Homo floresiensis, an extinct 3.5 ft tall hominin that used stone tools, is believed to have lived alongside modern human as recently as 12,000 years ago.