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TIL Gillian Anderson, who played FBI Agent Dana Scully in “The X-Files”, was not allowed to play Clarice Starling in 2001’s “Hannibal” because her “X-Files” contract forbade her from playing another FBI agent

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EgnaX TIL Sigmund Freud made the decision to flee Austria after his daughter Anna was interrogated by the Gestapo for nearly 12 hours. He was able to buy safe passage out of Austria just in time with 31,000 Reich marks in 1938
6E5yW TIL that pyjamas (pajamas in the US) became fashionable because of World War I zeppelin air raids on Britain. Thrust into the evening due to an air raid, pyjamas were more practical and fashionable than night dresses, and coincided with the "new novelty" of women wearing trousers.
GYbJQ TIL an Ohio teen suffocated after getting stuck under a seat in his minivan. He’d managed to call 911 using voice command, the police had come to his location, looked in the van but didn’t see him, so they drove off
YpW6r TIL why it is a bad idea to offer sugar water on a permanent base to bees. It is junk food for the bees, and they will tell their bodies at the hive as well where they can find it. I will just stick to pure water, and you should, too:) inspired by finding an exhausted bee yesterday in our window :(
VPJ0 TIL Venus Flytraps are native to with an approximate 100mi circle around Wilmington, North Carolina – not the Amazon or some other jungle.