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TIL The Passion of the Christ is the highest grossing independent film ever made

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e0raJ TIL blobfish don't normally look all blobby and only look like that when they're pulled from the deep ocean. Its due to the pressure difference
P1Agn TIL that the American Beautyberry fruit is food for more than 40 species of songbirds and eaten by armadillo, foxes, opossum, raccoon, squirrels and white tailed deer (eat fruit and leaves) in addition to being used as medicine by Native American tribes and as mosquito repellent by early farmers.
8xYb TIL Union Army general John Sedgwick once said to his men under enemy fire: “Why are you dodging like this? They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.” He was shot dead instantly.
JYGVQ TIL the Jèrriais language spoken by a few thousand on the island of Jersey located between France and England, is the closest living language to medieval Anglo-Norman spoken by the descendants of William the Conqueror.
8eaMG TIL Adidas does not sponsor players who are Scientologists