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TIL Edward Norton’s first film role ever earned him an Oscar nomination. He is also a Yale graduate that never went to an acting school.

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9YYM6 TIL when the band Judas Priest appeared on The Simpsons, they were mistakenly defined as "death metal". The producers decided to apologize for this mistake by having Bart Simpson write "Judas Priest is not 'Death Metal'" in the opening sequence chalkboard gag
loa7 TIL That in Osama Bin Laden’s will, he encouraged his children to not join Al Qaeda or continue the Jihad
j8wQ TIL that the town seal of Whitesboro, NY depicts a white settler strangling a native american. In 2009, city officials maintained that “The seal will stay just the way it is.”
6Eejw TIL that if you were to stand at the top of the Olympus Mons on Mars, the tallest planetary mountain in the solar system, you would not be able to tell you were on a mountain due to the shallow slope in the mountain extending further than the horizon line, which is a mere three kilometers away.
6Eb6l TIL that Jellyfish are part of the Physium Cnidaria (which also includes Corals) and start their life as Larva that hooks to the ground and can reproduce asexually. The part we know as a Jellyfish "spawns" once it reaches adult size and reproduces normally.