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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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ZpEmo TIL that James Harrison, an Australian man, who saved over 2 million babies due to donating his blood. He was known as the "Man with the Golden Arm," because he had a rare antibody in his blood used to develop an injection (Anti-D) to prevent Rhesus disease.
9PAm TIL that after the collapse of the South Sea company in 1720, which bankrupted many and severely affected the economy of England, a proposal was made in parliament to place bankers in sacks filled with snakes and throw them into the River Thames.
pYElZ TIL that the inland free-tailed bat can survive the most extreme range of body temperatures of any mammal known, ranging from 3.3 °C (37.9 °F) to 45.8 °C (114.4 °F).
gMLXy TIL that teppanyaki is not a traditional Japanese method of cooking and dates back only to 1945, when the first teppanyaki steakhouse opened in Japan.
eNWE TIL Ant Man made his Marvel debut before Spider-Man, Hulk, Thor and Iron-Man.