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TIL that the Norse gods have a pig of unlimited bacon

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rlMw TIL Gervais aborted his series “Ricky Gervais Meets…” after being put off by the 3rd interviewee, Gary Shandling. The premise was for Gervais to do unscripted interviews with comedians who influenced him. Shandling, vocalising the fact he finds Gervais and his comedy offensive makes things awkward.
d8oaj TIL that even though seed-bearing plants evolved ~360 million years ago, all plants that bare flowers or fruits have only existed for the past ~140 million years. Before seeds, plants used to reproduce through spores. The only living ancestors of these plants are ferns, horsetails, lycophytes.
5YDP TIL Chinese leader Mao Zedong from 1958 - 1962, murdered 45 million of his own citizens. Death toll during World War 2 was 55 million worldwide.
71Gp TIL of an Italian named Fabrizio Quattrocchi who yelled “I’ll show you how an Italian dies!” while trying to remove his hood before being executed by his Iraqi kidnappers.
kQVB TIL: A Paris shooting survivor sued a TV station for giving away his location during the shooting