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TIL in preparation for his role in Fury(2014) Shia LaBeouf joined the US National Guard, got a tattoo that says “Surrender to Jesus”, pulled a tooth out, cut his own face, didn’t bathe for 4 months and spent days watching horses die.

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nDYo TIL a woman found her wedding ring on a carrot growing in her backyard, 16 years after misplacing it.
BrZ5r TIL April 18, 1930, was such a slow news day that at 6:30 PM, the BBC's radio announcer said, “There is no news."
nWyZ9 TIL about GJ 1214 b, an exoplanet that orbits a star about 48 light-years from our Sun. GJ 1214 b is the most likely known candidate for being an ocean planet or "waterworld." Due to varying pressures, ocean planet models feature steam, liquid, superfluid, high-pressure ice, and plasma-phase water.
78mb TIL- Blacks are actually more likely to enter college than are whites with similar backgrounds. However they usually get much lower grades, rank toward the bottom of the class, and far more often drop out.
9YRAm TIL that the NFL football team the Miami Dolphins have a name pronunciation guide to help fans pronounce some of the more difficult names on their roster. Like "Tua Tagovailoa" and "Noah Igbinoghene"