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TIL that Harrison Ford, who'll play Indiana Jones in a 2021 sequel, is actually a year older than the actor who played "old" Indy on the 1990s TV series "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles."

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ndpr TIL that Professor Kenneth Bentley and his entire team, who discovered Etorphine (a drug which is 1000-3000 times more potent than morphine and 4mg will immobilize a 4000kg elephant), passed out because someone stirred their morning tea with a glass stirrer used to make the etorphine.
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