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TIL that Johnny Knoxville comes from significant inbreeding
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TIL of Krista and Tatiana Hogan, conjoined twins at the head. The twins “share senses of touch and taste, and can even control one another’s limbs.” They can also hear each other’s thoughts without having to speak and see through one another’s eyes.
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TIL According to “The Impact of Disease on the Civil War”, 3/5 Union troops died of diseases. 63% of Union fatalities were due to disease, 12% due to wounds, 19% of Union deaths were due to death on the battle field. Likewise, 2/3 Confederate troops died of infection.
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TIL Michael J Fox almost wasn’t casted as Alex Keaton on ‘Family Ties’ because NBC executive Brandon Tartikoff thought Fox didn’t have “the kind of face you’ll ever see on a lunch box”. Years later Fox would send Tartikoff a Marty McFly lunch box, which Tartikoff kept in his office.
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TIL that the Killer Whale is a natural predator of the Moose
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TIL that Muammar Gaddafi has a bisexual professional footballer son, who hired Diego Maradona as a consultant, played for teams in Italy’s first division, captained Libya, bribed referees, made sure stadium announcers in Libya only announced his name, did a lot of cocaine, and had an Interpol notice