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TIL ants don’t take fall damage
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TIL Cameron Diaz was originally cast as Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat (1995). Unfortunately, she injured her wrist during martial arts training and dropped out. She was replaced by Bridgette Wilson.
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TIL the birthstone for the month of February is amethyst due to a third century Italian Bishop named Valentine and his famous amethyst ring with Cupid engraved on it. The ring was a symbol that he could officiate a marriage.
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TIL that the anecdote that says a frog will jump out of a pot of boiling water if thrown in, but sit in a pot of water as it is slowly brought to a boil has been shown to be untrue by modern biologists.
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TIL Jim Henson made hilariously violent muppet-like coffee commercials back in the 1950s
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TIL - On the last morning of WWI, and with full knowledge of the armistice at 11am, American General William Wright ordered an attack that killed 365 men because he wanted to take a bath.