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TIL that the main cop in Chamillionaire’s Ridin Dirty was played by Tom “Tiny” Lister, the same man who played Zeus in “No Holds Barred” (The Hulk Hogan Movie) and Deebo from “Friday”. At his peak, he was 6’5 and 305 lbs, being able to bench press 575 lbs

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9aa7 TIL of the Carolina Parakeet, a neotropical parrot that was native to much of the United States up until they were driven extinct by deforestation, hunting, and possibly disease in 1910. They lived in huge flocks of up to 300 birds and were likely poisonous to eat.
PBeV TIL that during the Great Depression of the 1930s, flour manufacturers saw women turning their flour sacks into clothing, diapers, dish cloths, and more, so they started packing their flour in pretty patterns.
VMOBk TIL that there is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of Ice which started in 1990 and is rebuilt every year.
p8O4G TIL about Psychogenic death, People can die simply because they’ve given up, life has beaten them and they feel defeat is inescapable, according to research
WkMR4 TIL that 37% of all registered Steam games have never been played. This equates to 288 million of the 781 million games registered, are left untouched.