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TIL that Robert Downey Jr was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Kirk Lazarus in “Tropic Thunder”

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a8w19 TIL in 2015 the US Forces wanted to update the 'loose lips, sink ships' warning from WW2, Warning against sharing information with others outside the forces. They had to tailor it for the Social Media generation, and came up with: 'loose tweets destroy fleets'.
PYm1e TIL that the Sahara Desert was once green 5000-11000 years ago due to Earth's orbital movement as it created the Humid period, which lasted a few centuries.
vlw7 TIL The reason Popeye eats spinach is because of an error in the calculation of its iron content by chemist Erich von Wolf in 1870. He misplaced a decimal point, recording iron as having 35mg of iron per 100g, instead of its true value of 3.5mg/100g. The former is equal to eating part of a paperclip
5Vwkr TIL Navajo is one of the most widely spoken Native American languages and is most widely spoken north of the Mexico–United States border, with almost 170,000 Americans speaking Navajo at home as of 2011.
pYvMp TIL that Michael Jackson collapsed during rehearsals back in 1995. He hid the fact that he was suffering from abdominal pain, migraines and dizziness for an entire week. Doctors diagnosed gastroenteritis, liver & kidney problems, dehydration and low blood pressure. He was admitted to intensive care