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TIL that crocodiles but not alligators are capable of skin color change

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W9Eo TIL that the kid from “Hook” staring Robin Williams might just be the most successful former child actor. He has a physics degree from MIT, worked for the US government on missile defense, has a law degree, and is currently a law professor at a top notch law school, plus so much more.
woAAo TIL that the first person in England killed by a tiger was a bartender in a pub called the White Lion.
85V8 TIL In order to ease the pain in his throat from voicing Gollum, Andy Serkis would drink “Gollum Juice”, a mixture of honey, lemon and ginger.
jNjov TIL Looney Tunes director Chuck Jones did not like the movie "Space Jam." When he was invited to speak at a dinner at Warner Bros. he gave his honest opinion. He was not allowed to finish and was escorted out by security.
neApd TIL about Ben Carlin, an engineer from Australia who, after several false starts, circumnavigated the globe in a modified amphibious army Jeep in the 1950s. At the time not many people actually believed he had done what he claimed.