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TIL: 40% of Americans think that humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time

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Zp7Ba TIL that in 2004, actor Carmine Caridi, star of “The Godfather”, was expelled from the Academy for making VCR copies of promotional screeners and sharing them with friends and family.
pJy4 TIL Claude Monet had Aphakia (the absence of an eye lens) in his later years, after two operations to remove his cataracts. The procedure enabled him to see ultraviolet light (400–300 nm). [Link in comments]
lbYV TIL Not only is there an internal clitoris, but it wasn’t studied till the 1990’s
ep4j4 TIL Despite being its distinguishing feature in popular media, only 2 out of 21 Armadillo species can actually curl into a ball
9YL8B TIL Canada has a polar bear jail for disorderly polar bears