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TIL Jason Schwartzman and Nic Cage are first cousins (and Francis Ford Coppola is uncle to both)

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9YlOQ TIL the Anal Sampling Mechanism is a reflex which detects the contents of the rectal vault and allows for voluntary flatulation to occur without unexpected voiding of feces.
4eZN TIL Jews arrived in India 2500 years ago and unlike many parts of the world, Jews lived in India without any instances of antisemitism from the local majority populace until the Portuguese and British colonized India
mDZP TIL that astronauts in the Apollo program reported seeing “streaks” of white light every 3 minutes, even when they closed their eyes.
d8oR8 TIL that when A Bug's Life was released in 1998 the rhinoceros beetle Dim was not based on any known species. Eight years later a Peruvian rhinoceros beetle was discovered with a very similar horn. Such discoveries of "fictional" creatures later revealed to be real have been dubbed "the Dim Effect".
6op8 TIL that contrary to its primitive&stone age image, parts of Africa entered the Iron age independently, and possibly before the rest of the world