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TIL Richard Ayoade regretted participating in the US remake of the IT Crowd saying “I was the only one dumb enough to do it”

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jNvRj TIL standard oranges that you buy at the supermarket are ancient hybridized fruits, crossed between pomelos and mandarins, created over 2000 years ago.
lV77 TIL after Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded, his widow kept the embalmed head by her side for 22 years, and would ask guests if they would like to meet him
rRYkM TIL for the first 40 million years that woody trees were around, wood was not biodegradable...until a fungus figured out how to rot it
6EgpX TIL there are almost 2x more kangaroos in Australia than humans.
lo6xV TIL in 2017, a 17-year-old YouTube star insulted a notorious Mexican drug lord. Few days later, four men armed with “long weapons” stormed into a bar and opened fire at a table where the Youtuber was sitting and executed the teen, riddling him with 15 bullets.