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TIL that Milla Jovovich sang on the Underworld (2003) soundtrack and has released multiple songs.

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VZM4 TIL that the OED included a trap, made up word, “Esquivalience” which it defined to mean “the willful avoidance of one’s official responsibilities” as a copyright infringement trap which caught both Dictionary.com and Google Dictionary.
lolAG TIL on the Faroe Islands, The male Y chromosomes of the population are of 87% Scandinavian descent, while the female X chromosomes are of 84% Scottish/Irish descent.
EggGX TIL Pacific ocean (165 millions km²) is wider than the planet Mars (144,8 millions km²) and more than 4 times the size of the moon (38 millions km²)
xVo1b TIL that a pine tree planted in 2004 in memory of former Beatle George Harrison in a Los Angeles park died after being infested by beetles.
dDEQB TIL - Arthur Galston, botanist, focused on soybean research. He discovered a chemical which allowed soybeans to flower quicker, but with too much of this chemical it caused the flower to wilt. The U.S. military became highly interested in this aspect of the research, and Agent Orange was born...