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TIL Gene Wilder became interested in acting at age 8 when his mother was diagnosed with rheumatic fever and the doctor told him to “try and make her laugh”

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PY7lZ TIL The use of hops was unknown to Ancient Egyptians as was the process of carbonation. To a modern-day beer drinker, an Egyptian brew would taste more like a fruit drink
N7vl1 TIL Uranus spins on its side. Most likely because something crashed into it.
njZG TIL there was a subspecies a human known as homo florsiensis which went extinct only 12,000 years ago. They grew no larger than 4 feet tall and have been nicknamed “hobbits” by scientists.
WvXB TIL the original order of assassins killed their targets in broad daylight in crowded areas, with a rule to not kill any civilians. A contemporary Jewish historian wrote of them: “they are believers of the word of their elder and everyone everywhere fears them, because they even kill kings.”
ANQRB TIL chocolate maker Lindt has sued companies that make gold-foiled chocolate bunnies for trademark infringement