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TIL Lily Allen wrote a song about her little brother being a loser for smoking weed, watching porn, and not getting his act together. He now has a successful acting career playing Theon Greyjoy on Game of Thrones!

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R7kV4 TIL that on his travels through the Arctic, naturalist George Steller described a mysterious creature known as the Danish Sea Ape. While this has since perplexed scientists, evidence indicates that he was not describing an animal, but rather subtly mocking the ship's Danish captain, who he despised.
5jb8 TIL There are married Roman Catholic priests; there are about 80. In almost all the cases, the priests were married before they joined the Catholic church. Once they converted to Catholicism, they remained married and their vows are recognized by the Vatican.
AZWg TIL in the 1980s, the BBC televised a live demonstration of email. Prior to transmission, a studio guest overheard a crew member saying the email account password and phoned a friendly hacker. Once on air, the presenter logged in – and was met with a poem about hacking and insecure passwords.
gMmaW TIL Kevin Smith announced he will donate all his dividends from Weinstein-Made films to the non-profit 'Women In Film'
6EQOZ TIL James Cameron almost directed the original "Jurassic Park", ultimately losing the rights to Steven Spielberg by a matter of hours. Cameron's version would have been darker, like "Aliens with dinosaurs," but after seeing the film he decided that Spielberg was the correct choice to direct.