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TIL Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams hated each other while filming The Notebook

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gMMG9 TIL two things about Andrew Lincoln (of 'The Walking Dead'): 1.) His real name is Andrew James Clutterbuck, and 2.) His father-in-law is Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull.
loGeK TIL that sailors slept in hammocks, as they stayed well balanced even if the ship was in motion. The Royal Navy formally adopted the sling hammock in 1597 much after Columbus discovered them in the Bahamas. Sailors got so accustomed to hammocks that they even took them back on leave.
mx6wM TIL that One of Harvard College’s first buildings was a brewery. The college built it so that students would have a good supply of beer to drink in the dining hall.
ANg0g TIL that when you donate your body to science, it can get used as a crash test dummy, for medical training, forensic research or to save a life through organ transplants.
Bdad TIL that in 1000, Spain had over 5,000,000 Muslims. By 1614, every Muslim was either forced to convert, leave, or be killed by Catholic monarchs.