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TIL That Seahorses Lack A Stomach & Need To Constantly Eat To Stay Living

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1BrW TIL one in five men between the ages of 25 and 34 are living with their parents.
gMXKW TIL In July 2017, the Chinese government banned Justin Bieber from performing in China. They released a statement later on saying "In order to maintain order in the Chinese market and purify the Chinese performance environment, it is not suitable to bring in badly behaved entertainers."
4XdOw TIL that Toy Story 2 was nearly lost before it was finished. Someone entered a line of code that erased 90% of the film, and, because of a technical gliltch, there was no backup. The movie was saved by one animator who'd been working from home and had a copy saved on her personal computer.
wLOXJ TIL that when calculating percentages, you can always swap the numbers to find your answer. For instance to find 3% of 50, you can take 50% of 3 and the numbers will always be equal to each other.
8akAX TIL the Mariah Carey song "Hero" was written for the Dustin Hoffman/Geena Davis dramedy of the same name but the CEO of the record label convinced her to not give the movie the song, saying it was "too good" for the movie.