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TIL Infamous Ugandan dictator idi Amin,among other atrocities was accused of cannibalism. When he was asked about the rumours he replied ''I don't like human flesh. It's too salty for me.''

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nekwW TIL that in New Zealand, a species of fungus gnats known as Arachnocampa luminos exists, that spins silk nests on cave ceilings, and when prey is entangled in a snare, the larva pulls it up by ingesting the snare, and starts feeding on the prey alive.
Kl5B TIL that the honorific for an especially skilled driver reacting adequately to an emergency situation in Russia is “железобетонное очко”, meaning “one whose anus is made of reinforced concrete”.
WB99 TIL that growing up, Samuel L. Jackson had a strong stutter. To try and overcome it, he would pretend to be people who didn’t have stutters. When his stuttering got particularly bad, he would counter it by instead saying his favourite word - ‘motherfucker’
x460 TIL that Matthew McConaughey, with no acting experience, met a producer at a bar at 330 in the morning, the producer asked him to come down to a set at 930 that morning. In six hours, his career was launched with Dazed and Confused.
4V9J TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional character Smaug has a ‘conservattive,’ estimated net worth of 61 billion.