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TIL that sports commentator Al Michaels has never knowingly eaten a vegetable his entire life.

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lopN TIL that Jurassic Park IV is finally being made
186V TIL the slang “Eskimo Brothers” - meaning friends have slept with the same girl - derives from the old tradition of Eskimos gifting their wives to their guests for the night
NWKe TIL In 2005 Benedict Cumberbatch was abducted and held at gunpoint by armed men in South Africa. After being let go he was eventually rescued by a stranger. He commented: “It taught me that you come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It’s made me want to live a life less ordinary.”
a8WYA TIL of the Maidenhead Railway Bridge in England. When it was built, its arches were the widest and flattest in the world. Critics feared the bridge was unstable, so the arches' centering was left in place, until it was destroyed in a storm - the arches stayed up, vindicating the design.
RKb8 TIL Aaron Burr believed women to be intellectually equal to men and, upon his election to the New York State Legislature, submitted a bill to allow women to vote.