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TIL Porn actress Asia Carrera is a member of Mensa with an IQ of 156. An atheist, Carerra wore a colander for her driver’s license photograph. State law normally prohibits hats in such photos but she used an exception for religious headwear (the religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster).

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J1ak1 TIL 3D graphics in computers are optical illusion , since the screen is 2D its all about prescriptive ( like 3D optical illusions and drawings on papers or walls)
jNnbE TIL Emma Watson and JK Rowling first met in 2001 when Watson was cast to play Hermione Granger. The pair have remained close friends following the release of the final Harry Potter film in 2011 and Watson even interviewed Rowling for Wonderland Magazine in 2014
KY0L4 TIL that India's Marine Commando Force was equipped with cyanide tipped crossbows as a silenced pistol alternative until the late 1980s.
gMR49 TIL about the Glirarium, a Roman jar with holes in it, made for keeping and forcing mice to hibernate for a while, which made them fatter before eating them, making them more tasteful
5QLr TIL that Matt Cvetic, a Pittsburgh steel mill worker, was hired by the FBI to infiltrate the Communist party for nine years. His cover was so good that even his own family didn’t know he was undercover and despised him for his beliefs.