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TIL Godzilla is now an official citizen of Japan

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kJLMg TIL Michael Jordan told director Ben Affleck that Viola Davis "has to" play his mom in Affleck's film Air. Casting Davis in a film was a lifelong career ambition for Affleck. When she said yes, he concluded that "a lot of it had to do with me being like, 'Michael Jordan wants you to play his mom.'”
lo8B7 TIL not only do 1 in every 10 people have a tiny second spleen, called an accessory spleen, but also that if the main spleen is removed, the tiny second spleen can grow to function as a new spleen.
ZQVp TIL of the saluting trap. British army conscripts would form a large group, then one by one walk to an officer. Each would salute, forcing him to salute back. The goal was to force the officer to salute as many soldiers as possible as fast as possible to make his arm sore.
KYjxE TIL that trees communicate with each other through a vast underground network of fungal connections, sharing nutrients and warnings.
x9po TIL William Shakespeare’s final place of residence, New Place, was demolished by the very person who purchased it in 1756. Reverend Francis Gastrell was frustrated by all the tourist visiting Shakespear’s former house that in 1759 he demolished it. The man was kicked out of the town because of it.