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TIL Natalie Portman skipped the Phantom Menace premier so she could for study her high school finals.

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GY5pj TIL President Calvin Coolidge owned two lion cubs, named Tax Reduction and Budget Bureau.
wLmDP TIL on Nov. 26, 1977 a television station in southern England had their broadcast hijacked by an entity referring to itself as Vrillon of the Ashtar Galactic Command who disrupted regular programming to give a six-minute message about humanity's future. The mystery has never been solved.
GYeK5 TIL that the music video of the song "The Reason" by Hoobastank, is actually supposed to simulate the band members robbing a store. The car crash shown at the start is a diversion.
xVlpB TIL Opossums are actually really helpful to humans.
yoxl TIL: Reggae is actually derived from SKA, and not the opposite.