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TIL James Earl Jones was an Army Infantry Officer after graduating from the University of Michigan’s ROTC program

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VM0LD TIL that Claudius was a very unusual Roman emperor because he was exclusively attracted to women.
pWr8 TIL a Bristol couple who had trouble selling their house, found out they had an original Banksy on their wall, and received twice the asking price by selling the painting with a house attached.
PYvQV TIL the blob of toothpaste shown in ads is called a ‘nurdle’ and there have been lawsuits between companies over the rights to use this shape.
OGLW6 TIL Komodo dragons can have so-called virgin births. As well as mating with males the species is parthenogenetic: in other words, the females can lay fertile eggs without any input from males. This will only reproduce identical young, however. For the species to continue to adapt, it needs to mate.
9njG TIL that goats can eat poison ivy with no ill effects. There are farmers that rent out goats to clear parks, golf courses and historical sites without using chemicals and herbicides.