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TIL that there are 5 oil spills currently happening, one of which has been ongoing since September 2004 and the most recent of which started on the 6th of January 2018.

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9wk6 TIL Seth MacFarlane and Mark Wahlberg both were booked on AA flight 11 which crashed into the World Trade Center. Wahlberg decided last minute to fly to Toronto, and MacFarlane missed it by just 10 minutes due to a hangover.
ZZZv TIL it is legal to discriminate based on sexual orientation in Tennessee (and some other states)
OpVR TIL: Instead of an agent Bill Murray uses a 1-800 number where you can leave a message for him if you want to cast him for a movie or event.
e0Mo5 TIL that the earth can create natural nuclear fission reactors under its crust. The only one we currently know of is located in Gabon, Africa.
wOlE TIL the world’s first film star was a prostitute