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TIL that when women become pregnant, their periods stop temporarily.

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7rK8r TIL that Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire co-starred in a movie called Don's Plum in 2001, but the movie was blocked from distribution in the US and Canada because they'd only agreed to star in a "short" film, not a "feature" film.
bvrE TIL that in 1997, Nelson Mandela described meeting the Spice Girls as “the best day of [his] life.”
woLr7 TIL that 'Meow Wolf' (immersive art collective that built the 'House of Eternal Return' in Santa Fe, Las Vegas Area 51 center, etc.) got its name by having all the founders put two scraps of paper with a word on each one in a hat, and the first two scraps drawn became the name of the collective
VBEpG TIL that there is NO waiting period for reporting a missing person. The waiting period is a myth that originated from shows and movies.
R7amw TIL that because of a misunderstanding over the phrase "Cover me!", US Marines (working with the LAPD) shot over 200 bullets into a house while attending to a domestic dispute during the L.A riots in 1992.