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TIL- The "No Animals Were Harmed" moniker on movies only applies while film is actually recording.

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e0M15 TIL that many of the most common names today like: John, Sean, Ian ,Ivan, Hanz, Giovanni, Johan, Evan, Nani,.... are all derived from the same Hebrew name "Yôḥānān" that passed into European tradition through Christianity
dgOB TIL that 92% of fetuses with trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome) are terminated in Europe.
KOmO9 TIL That the company behind the "Fearless Girl" statue on Wall Street paid women and black executives less than the white men.
5YKep TIL The song 'Glycerine' by the band Bush was written about Gavin Rossdale's relationship with his girlfriend at the time, a model named Jasmine Lewis. The title comes from the explosive applications of glycerine to stabilize nitro. Rossdale said the song was about how love was like a bomb.
VBoV4 TIL Lincoln Logs were not designed to look like Abraham Lincoln's mythical cabin, but an earthquake-proof building in Japan. Also that they were created by John Lloyd Wright, son of famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright