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TIL Owen Wilson was replaced by Matthew McConaughey in Tropic Thunder after Wilson’s trouble with major depression

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wo656 TIL that "slime" is called "gunge" in the UK
e0v0k TIL of the Hymn Virus. A Virus from 1990 that would brick MS-DOS computers and played the Soviet National Anthem.
1avxP TIL about the "Bielefeld conspiracy", that says the German city Bielefeld doesn't exist. This story was created by students in 1994 as an internet post, to show the spreading and argumentation of conspiracy theories. Today it is a longtime running gang in whole Germany.
QNnEL TIL Teddy Roosevelt was the first President to fly in an airplane (although his flight was a year after his was out of office). There's video, even.
QNbVd TIL Plants can sense light, touch, gravity, smell, sound, and even vibrations. They react using hormones and electrical signals—bending, blooming, defending, and adapting. Though brainless, they behave intelligently, responding to their environment in complex ways.