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TIL Libyan dictator Gaddafi's son, Al-Saadi Gaddafi, had a football "career". Announcers were only allowed to mention his name and the military prevented any protests. 'Recruited' into Serie A had one substitute appearance before failing a drug test. He was considered "twice as slow as slow itself."

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R5W4l TIL Steven Spielberg desperately wanted to release Schindler’s List in 1993 in time for the Warsaw Ghetto anniversary. But Universal wanted him to finish Jurassic Park first. To keep Universal happy, he had George Lucas oversee Jurassic’s post-production while he’s filming Schindler’s List in Poland
kJWXE TIL that Wilma Flintstone was the first animated character to be depicted as being pregnant
WkVk8 TIL that human’s trophic level (or place on the food chain) is a mere 2.2 on a 1-5 scale, with apex predators such as lions and great white sharks at a 5. We rank even with pigs and anchovies.
4X8Oo TIL of the Solway Firth Spaceman, a mysterious figure seen in a 1964 photograph that no one knew the identity of for five decades. The photographer was visited by two men in black not long after, fueling the fire of UFOlogists who believed it to be a conspiracy
D1mnP TIL world's largest pillow fight involved 7,681 participants in Minnesota.