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TIL hippos secrete their own sunscreen

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9wRZ6 TIL an 11-year-old named Julian Newman played on the varsity basketball team at Downey Christian School during the 2012-2013 season. At 4'5" & weighing just 70lbs, he led the team to a 21-6 record while leading the state of Florida in assists. He averaged 12.4 pts, 11 assists, & 4.3 steals per game.
XEWaQ TIL Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. won a Grammy in 1971 for Best Spoken Word Recording for “Why I Oppose The War In Vietnam”
xp77 TIL In 2014 Californians consumed 46 billion gallons of water per day and less than 17% of that was consumed by the general public.
6EjnZ TIL Owen Wilson attempted suicide in 2007 causing him to drop out from his role in the movie Tropic Thunder.
E1rLw TIL The Las Vegas prosecutor who charged Bruno Mars and Paris Hilton for cocaine possession committed suicide after his own arrest for crack cocaine.