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TIL That both stars of The Godfather, Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, didn't go to the 45th Academy Awards for completely different reasons

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awLly TIL “Australium,” a fictional metal in the video game Team Fortress 2, has an equally fictional electron configuration showing two kangaroos boxing within the nucleus.
7rmOP TIL that cheetahs are native to Asia in addition to Africa. The Asiatic cheetah is a critically endangered subspecies whose range has shrunk to Iran's central plateau. It's believed that there were fewer than 50 individuals in the wild as of 2017.
lWBB TIL A plot to detonate a car bomb in Central London was foiled after one of the cars involved was towed for being parked illegally.
5Wgk TIL that the Amazon River spews so much fresh water into the Atlantic that surface water can be drinkable up to 200 miles from shore
neZBb TIL The grand children of Hermann Göring (commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe and highly ranked Nazi Officer) sterilised themselves to cut the family line.