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TIL that Richard Ayoade (Moss from The IT Crowd) is a critically acclaimed director for the movies “The Double” and “Submarine”

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J18oQ TIL Freshwater snails carry a parasitic disease, which infects nearly 250 million people and causes over 200,000 deaths a year. The parasites exit the snails into waters, they seek you, penetrate right through your skin, migrate through your body, end up in your blood and remain there for years.
VBQPm TIL English comedian Benny Hill was born Alfred Hill, but adopted the nickname "Benny" as an homage to comedian Jack Benny
XyAE TIL During WWII, L Ron Hubbard once led a 68 hour battle against two Japanese submarines which he claimed “definitely sunk, beyond doubt”. An analysis later concluded that there were never any submarines in the area.
yMOJ TIL YouTube has a production space in Los Angeles that is free to use if you have 10,000 subscribers.
9Y6w7 TIL The crew of Planet Earth II filmed the mass birth gathering of Saiga Antelope, only to witness a disease spread and wipe out more than 150,000 antelope within 3 days.