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TIL Short Round from Indiana Jones became a trained martial artist and Hollywood stunt coordinator.

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5VDKn TIL that well over 99% of the known 5,000,000,000+ species that have ever lived on Earth are extinct
ebe6 TIL That Luxembourg is aggressively pursuing space mining
Y76xW TIL that during the 1996 Olympics, Atlanta restaurant The Varsity sold a pin featuring onion rings arranged in the shape of the Olympic rings. The International OIympic Committee felt this was trademark infringement and had the pins banned and confiscated.
ADXY4 TIL about the indigenous Brazilian tribe of the Pirahã, who lost interest in converting to Christianity when they found out the missionary Daniel Everett had never seen Jesus himself.
yVv8J TIL NFL coach John McKay's quote saying he was "In Favor" of his teams execution was likely never said by him.