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TIL about Jono Lancaster who was born with Treacher-Collins syndrome. He travels to meet children with the same disorder in hopes of inspiring them to embrace their features and live their lives to the fullest

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41Aw TIL that after George R. R. Martin saw the Breaking Bad episode “Ozymandias”, he called the show “amazing” and noted that “Walter White is a bigger monster than anyone in Westeros”
9wYkX TIL Tilda Swinton turned down the role of Professor Trelawney in Harry Potter because she is morally against boarding schools
8e71L TIL In McDonalds, the UK's large drink (500ml) is almost the same size as the US' small drink (473ml)
xVxG5 TIL Stanford researchers showed that mealworms can safely consume various types of plastics including toxic additive-containing plastic such as polystyrene with no ill effects. The worms can then be used as a safe, protein-rich feed supplement
LOeV TIL that when the Czech Republic conducted their 2011 census, their government discovered that 15,070 Czechs had listed their religious beliefs as “Jedi”