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TIL that Amy Poehler started a website to encourage girls to change the world by being themselves

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kJgEd TIL Martin Scorsese is a huge admirer of Polish cinema from the 50's and 60's and often shows his favorite classic Polish films to actors and even executives before working with them. Scorsese has an honorary doctorate from a Polish university and made a list of his 21 favorite Polish movies.
aoDZ TIL One third of vegetarians eat meat when they’re drunk, according to UK survey. UK Vegetarians who admitted eating in descending order: Kebabs, beef burgers, bacon, fried chicken, and pork sausages.
DOwD TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger used to participate in orgies with other bodybuilders in the 70’s as “having chicks around is the kind of thing that breaks up the intense training .. afterward you go back to the serious stuff.” He was antihomophobic, claiming that gays and bodybuilders faced stereotyping.
x6eAD TIL: When someone with a bone marrow transplant takes a DNA/ethnicity test, their results typically include the results of their donor. This is called genetic chimerism.
0eaA TIL Ontario, Canada is named after the lake. Not the other way around.