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7rGvp TIL inside the worlds quietest room you can hear your own heartbeat and your bones moving
rRbx TIL that of the women nominated for Best Comedy Actress, three of them have played Liz Lemon (Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus)
k8Nm TIL that Nestlé aggressively distributes free formula samples in developing countries till the supplementation has interfered with the mother’s lactation. After that the family must continue to buy the formula since the mother is no longer able to produce milk on her own
0doZp TIL Sylvestor Stallone, alongside Expendables 1 to 4, had also planned a spin-off with Sigourney Weaver leading highly-trained female mercenaries (including Milla Jovovich, and Cameron Diaz) to topple an evil dictator bent on world domination. It was titled, quite appropriately, 'The Expendabelles'
gr0Mb TIL that grunion fish have unusual mating habits. The females will burrow tail-first into the sand up to their necks so that only their heads stick out. Then a bunch of males will squirt their sperm onto their heads. The sperm trickles down their bodies to reach the eggs below them.