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TIL that humans and koala have identical finger prints

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wyGE TIL that Sean Connery was considered to portray Kincade, the gamekeeper of Skyfall Lodge, in Skyfall
VBOBZ TIL: That Alfréd Hajós was a Hungarian swimmer who won two gold medals in swimming at the 1896 Athens Olympics. He went on to compete in the 1924 Paris Olympics 28 years later winning a silver medal for architecture, making him one of only two Olympians ever to have won medals in both sport and art.
neggW TIL Third Eye Blind sang the theme song for the movie Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
e0L4D TIL FAA regulations prohibit airline pilots from talking about subjects that are unrelated to safely conducting their flight while taxiing and while flying below 10,000 feet altitude
BrROD TIL the lazy cops-donuts stereotype was the exact opposite of its origin: cops used to frequent donut shops in the past because they need to have work done and donut shops were the only ones that are open really early in the morning (to prepare for the breakfast rush).