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TIL Jennifer Aniston had a strained relationship with her mother, who was a former model and very critical of her looks. She recalls not being the 'model child' her mother had wished for.

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gBJL TIL that Bob Barker was trained as a Navy fighter pilot in WW2, but wasn’t sent to a fleet squadron in time to fight. He once said: “I was all ready to go, and when the enemy heard that I was headed for the Pacific, they surrendered. That was the end of World War II.”
dmjE TIL that 1 in 4 11 year olds in London are functionally illiterate, either unable to read or write properly
E1ZGd TIL the world’s oldest pool of water was found 2 miles down a Canadian mineshaft and dated at ~2 billion years old. By observing the sulphate in the water, researchers were also able to confirm that single-celled organisms had inhabited the pool at some point.
P1nGw TIL approximately 59% of US dogs and 61% of cats are overweight or obese.
BjpW TIL hog-morse happened when rookie telegraph users made timing errors. One alleged case concerns the similarity of “L” and “T”. A customer sent a request for “undressed staves (wood)” to a Virginia firm. Due to hog-morse, “slaves” was sent instead. The firm reminded the sender that slavery was over.