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TIL that Ellen DeGeneres was cast as Dory in Finding Nemo when the director, Andrew Stanton, watched her ‘change the subject 5 times before finishing the sentence’ in conversation with his wife.

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rReQd TIL about an Indian art called Shatavadhana, where a person has to remember and answer questions on a stage from 100 people simultaneously while dealing with distractions in a round robin manner. The tasks vary from making up a poem spontaneously to keeping a count of a bell ringing at random.
pY0eZ TIL the average age women got married in the 1900's was older than in the 1960's
xVnp1 TIL the Swastika represents 'Good Luck' and 'Well-being' and was even used in Western Culture before WW2
Y7Old Today I learned that Germany still uncovers 2000 tons of unexploded bombs from WWII every year. Disposing of the bombs often requires the evacuation of tens of thousand of residents from their homes.
yVJVM TIL of the "Cave bears", a now extinct species who lived predominantly in caves throughout Europe