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TIL that in Japanese, the Milky Way is called 天の川 which means The River of Heaven.

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6EOmX TIL that actress Amanda Seyfried turned down the role of Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy because she thought ‘who wants to see a movie with a tree and a talking raccoon?’
GAPK7 TIL about the Nazi DirleWanger Brigade in World War 2 which played 'bayonet catch' with live babies among many other systematic atrocities
4evX TIL in the original story of Peter Pan, the Lost Boys do age, even in Neverland. The reason the group is always made up of children is because if they don’t die by other means (which is common), Peter “thins them out.” The author never clarifies whether this means they’re executed or banished.
wLvX1 TIL in the US, the How It's Made segment 'Condoms' is instead replaced by a rerun of their 'Rubber Gloves' segment
a8AO9 TIL rusty objects don’t give you tetanus, but a bacteria found in soil. That’s why we associate a rusty nail found in soil with tetanus. A random rusty chair is just a random rusty chair