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TIL the actor who played Gunther of Friends was hired because he was the only extra who knew how to work an espresso machine.

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4kbe5 TIL when Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (1858-1889) was six, he received water treatment, waking up with pistol shots, nocturnal exposure in the zoo as well as hours of exercise as part of his military education. This abuse was likely a contributing factor in his later suicide.
ADeKg TIL that founder of the Amish, Jacob Ammann, who introduced the idea of a strict adherence to a dress code ("simple dress") for his followers, was a tailor
Km1w TIL that American Space Shuttle Astronaut John Grunsfeld, while in orbit, called in to NPR’s Car Talk posing as a stumped caller.
awo0b TIL the Milky Way is not flat like most galaxies, but slightly warped and twisted.
E1dk0 TIL China has a single cockroach colony that is larger than the world’s human population, bred for medical use