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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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x65mB TIL that a moose will swim in water to eat the aquatic vegetation. Though they prefer shallow water, there was an eyewitness account of a moose diving at 18 feet of water to eat just the vegetation.
Bg6Ek TIL the difference between an acronym and an abbreviation
oeor TIL that the artificial sweetner sucralose was discovered when a researcher misheard a command to “test this chemical” as “taste this chemical”.
W1rA TIL that 11% of USA highway bridges are considered structurally deficient.
kJ6DB TIL People born with red hair has a much higher chance of developing skin cancer from UV exposure.