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TIL that Termites can produce Hydrogen

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BrlNd TIL Ahmed Best, the actor who provided the motion capture and voice of Jar Jar Binks, considered suicide due to the negative reception to the character
BgLMD TIL: Shoes discovered in Titanic wreckage are typically found in pairs because they were worn by victims when they died. The bodies disintegrated but the shoes remain due to tannic acid in leather
B0mK TIL: Ibuprofen relieves women’s hurt feelings, but not men’s
mxyWY TIL: the US Gov't made a deal with the Italian Mafia to ensure that no German or Italian saboteurs snuck in through the New York port/docks by providing information to the US Navy. They also guaranteed no dockworkers would strike, therefore ensuring a constant line of supplies leaving to the front.
pr9e TIL when Halle Berry accepted her Razzie award for Catwoman in person, she thanked Warner Bros. “Thank you for putting me in a piece of shit, god-awful movie… It was just what my career needed.”