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TIL rats prefer jazz to classical music, when on drugs

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J1Pev Til that Tobey McGuire was briefly fired as Spider-Man for faking an injury. Jake Gyllenhaal was already in place.
W7VM4 TIL there are ancient rock formations that show evidence of early life called Stromatolites. They are formed by mats of microbial life that collect sediment in layers. They have been dated back to 3.45 BYA, making those microbes some of the earliest life on Earth.
6ElGQ TIL In all languages, the first Two colors given names are Black and White, the Third is Red
BrAMW TIL that there is only one instance in military history of a submarine sinking another while both were submerged: HMS Venturer sank a German U-Boat in 1945 by working out a firing solution on paper after pursuing it undetected for several hours
5YapP TIL that there is no evidence that Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned. In fact, the fiddle wasn't even created until the 11th century, and if he played anything, it was probably the cithara, but there is no evidence that he played that during the great fire either.