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Today I Learned that Keanu Reeves played Neo in The Matrix.

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l7Wx5 TIL in 2012 a Navy SEAL accidentally shot himself in the head while trying to prove to his date that his gun wasn't loaded
0rgy TIL Rhino horns are being injected with poison to scare off consumer demand.
Z08D TIL that the nerve cells of giant squid are the largest cells that have been discovered. These cells can as long as 39 feet.
epVLg TIL that the Ancient Greek philosopher Anaxagoras was arrested, exiled, and was almost put to death for saying that the sun and moon were objects, and not gods.
oENA TIL the world population living in extreme poverty went from 94% of the world population in 1820, down to 9.6% of the world population in 2015.