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TIL that giving a newborn baby water can make the baby sick

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0WEM TIL Dr Anna Wilkinson spent six months training a tortoise to yawn to discover whether yawning was contagious in the species. It was not and her conclusion was “a negative result is still exciting”.
wLXNo TIL a man was fined $48,000 by the FCC for using a cell phone jammer everyday on his commute, because he didn't like motorists around him on their phones
y45V TIL Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side, All About Steve) is the only woman to receive an Oscar and a Razzie (for Worst Actress) in the same year. Being a good sport, she collected her Razzie in person and won her Oscar the following night.
wLvm8 TIL that Anna May Wong, who is widely regarded as the first mainstream Chinese-American actress in Hollywood, auditioned for the role of O-Lan in “The Good Earth,” but did not get the part because the producer tasked with casting did not find her “beautiful enough” for the role.
VM4gp TIL in 1986 Steve Jobs bought Pixar from LucasFilm for $5 million