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TIL Thomas Jefferson's grandson was a Confederate general during the Civil War

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x6PA0 TIL: Amniotic fluid consists of largely fetal urine, and it cycles through swallowing and urinating while in the womb.
R7JL1 TIL that after having a falling out with Disney over marketing disagreements for Aladdin, Robin Williams put a clause in his will preventing the company from using his voice/outtakes in future films for 25 years after his death.
4myw TIL that “darling” literally means “favorite minion.”
kOnB1 TIL about Bruce Murray. A South African signmaker, in 2012, he inherited 120,000 acres of land and a dutchy in Scotland. He is now the commander of the only legal private army in Europe, the Atholl Highlanders.
RGd9 TIL the stunt coordinator of Deliverance felt a canoe scene with a dummy in it looked too phony. After reshooting the scene with himself in the canoe, Burt Reynolds, coughing up water and nursing a broken coccyx, asked how the scene looked. The director responded, “like a canoe with a dummy in it.”