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TIL that the UK evicted the entire native population of Chagos Islands at the request of the USA so that they could both use it as a military base.

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D1rKV TIL that Sacha Baron Cohen (borat) has won nearly all of the lawsuits that have been thrown at him.
e404 TIL John Lasseter, one of the three founding fathers of Pixar, was fired from Disney for trying to create three dimensional cartoon images. Lucasfilm hired him promptly afterwards for being innovative. Disney would later buy both Lucasfilms and Pixar for billions of dollars.
v1mrr TIL eight grizzly bear/polar bear hybrids have been confirmed in the wild, all descending from the same female polar bear.
5Yppp TIL that the map used by the Flat Earth Society is actually a projection of the globe centred at the North Pole, called the 'Azimuthal equidistant projection'.
wLR9J TIL that the white rind of a watermelon, between the pink flesh and green skin, is loaded with nutrients and just as healthy as the commonly eaten pink flesh.