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TIL that a starfish is just one giant head and no trunk (genetically speaking)

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b6Xm0 TIL that the pulp hero Zorro is not Central/South American as many assume, but actually a white European Spaniard. The 1998 film "The Mask of Zorro" saw the original Zorro, played by Anthony Hopkins, pass the torch to a new Mexican successor. They cast Antonio Banderas, a white European Spaniard.
BrmlW TIL that Rick and Morty is based on the original animated series named Doc and Mharti, Back to the future too. And the origin is epic.
Lwm0 TIL that Rupert Grint’s first movie outside of Harry Potter was a film called “Thunderpants”. The movie featured a young boy whose explosive and dangerous farts land him a job as an astronaut.
vyw7 TIL The US has used the children’s song “I Love You” by Barney the Purple Dinosaur as a form of torture in Guantanamo Bay
6kpW TIL that the Lone Star Tick of the Eastern United States can give people a meat allergy