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TIL that Andy Milonakis of MTV fame, aged 44, was born with a congenital growth-hormone condition that gives him the outward appearance and voice of an adolescent - which is why he still looks 14 years old today.

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kJL44 TIL that only 4 months after his brother (and fellow Olympic wrestler) was murdered by crazy-ass John DuPont, Mark Shultz was a last minute substitute in a UFC fight. Despite having no real experience with punching or kicking, he dominated an opponent 5 inches taller and 40 pounds heavier than him.
l7Ema TIL no Star Wars movie since Return of the Jedi has won an Oscar despite 20 further nominations
b9VYa TIL that Empress Kōken of Japan nearly made a buddhist monk Dōkyō her successor on the throne. This would have broken the line of Japanese monarchs all being descendants of Amaterasu, and completely shifted the Imperial dynasty forever.
D1bvg TIL in 2016 Scientists observed the first case of a giant spider eating an opossum: Scientists from the University of Michigan were studying predation of small vertebrates by arthropods in the Peruvian Amazon when they came across a giant tarantula devouring an opossum, which was still twitching
MeQNV TIL Silicone oil leaches out of remote control buttons and gradually makes the controller less responsive