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TIL Original Tabasco sauce is aged 3 years in oak barrels
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TIL that Natalie Portman filmed scenes with full frontal nudity for 2004’s Closer, but the director, Mike Nichols, chose not to use the footage and deleted it from the final cut of the movie.
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TIL that a single asteroid, named Hebe, is the origin of about 40% of the meteorites that hit Earth.
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TIL that the 'Jesus lizard' (Basiliscus basiliscus) found in Central and South America is famed for its water-running ability. Nearly 95% utilise specialised hind feet to create air pockets and dash up to 10 feet (3 meters) across water surfaces.
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TIL that Normandy could have been lined with tanks on D-Day if Hitler wasn’t asleep.
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TIL an inhabitant of the island of Sark who feels wronged can throw his hat to the ground, take a knee, and recite the Lord's Prayer in Norman French and then say: "Haro, haro, haro! A mon aide mon Prince, on me fait tort!". The wrongdoer must stop immediately, while a complaint is made to court.