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TIL Daniel Radcliffe published a bunch of poems in an underground fashion magazine under the pen name Jacob Gershon.

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B4pL TIL Sometimes female lions can develop manes! Such masculine females likely occur when the embryo is disrupted, either at conception or while in the womb.
6DLQ TIL in 2001 Mattel sold a Harry Potter Nimbus 2000 flying broom that vibrated when kids rode it. They pulled it from stores after adult stores began selling the toy.
yQaop TIL Humans as individuals are becoming more peaceful individually, but as a group we create increasingly more devastating threats of violence.
66jY TIL That the “Everlasting Lightning Storm”, after appearing continually for centuries, the lightning ceased from January to April 2010, apparently due to drought.This raised fears that it might have been extinguished permanently. (video in comments)
9Y5rQ TIL Suriname is a country in South America that uses Dutch as a majority language. Sranan Tongo is a creole language also spoken there, made of English, Dutch, Portuguese, and West African languages. Population includes Natives, Dutch, Indonesian, Indian, Chinese, and runaway slaves (Maroons).