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TIL NFL player LaVar Arrington was named after Star Trek and Reading Rainbow actor, Levar Burton.

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Yp8lx TIL Lightning is a source of fixed nitrogen, and thus nitrate. Nitrogen in the atmosphere is highly stable and nonreactive due to the triple bond between atoms in the N2 molecule. Lightning produces enough energy and heat to break this bond allowing nitrogen atoms to react with oxygen, forming NOx.
NXdGN TIL Sloth babies usually survive if they lose their grip on their mom and fall but sometimes, the mother sloth doesn’t want to go on the ground to pick the baby up because she'd risk being seen by predators.
Z8kxD TIL the FDA considers lube a medical device. (See introduction)
4XEn6 TIL that by age 3, a well-to-do child hears 30 million more words than a less fortunate one.
a8GXb TIL Tom hardy once got so high he woke up naked next a guy, a cat, and a loaded gun