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TIL Angelica Huston played the antagonist "Supreme Leader" in Michael Jackson's "Captain EO" at Disneyland.

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Br0r TIL upon its discovery by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898, the element polonium was named after Poland (in latin Polonia) to shed light on the countries lack of independence. It may be the first element named to highlight a political controversy.
9wAaG TIL Killer Whales are considered natural predators of moose. Moose have been attacked while swimming between islands in northern Canada and Alaska.
5Oop TIL that our universe may be inside a larger universe
l9LA TIL it is illegal in many countries to perform surgical procedures on an octopus without anesthesia due to their intelligence
Z8G9Q TIL In 1958 Mao Zedong ordered all the sparrows to be killed because they ate too much grain. This caused one of the worst environmental disasters in human history. Locust populations ballooned, swarming the country and causing famine.