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TIL Christopher Walken was a lion tamer as a teenager and applied for the position because, “I’ve always loved cats.”

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b6jej TIL that tight end Antonio Gates amassed a Hall of Fame NFL career despite having never played college football. He went to college wanting to play both basketball and football, but played basketball after being told he could only play football.
epPab TIL about “immature” eggs, otherwise known as unlaid eggs, several of which can be obtained from a single slaughtered egg-laying hen. They can be very small to large in size, and those close to being laid have a soft, semi-formed shell around them.
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