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TIL Harrison Ford isn’t grumpy in all his interviews, he actually suffers from anxiety and a fear of public speaking.

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W7ZnN TIL although Pepperdine University is in an area historically known for wildfires, they never evacuate their students, faculty, and staff duirng a brushfre. Working with LAFD, constructing buildings with fire-resistant materials, and creating firebreaks make the campus ideal for sheltering in place.
YpNjx TIL Gorillas hum happy songs when they eat. “And if it’s their favourite food, they sing louder.”
MeZ8K TIL that the hardened, outer wing on beetles is called Elytra
OGL0L TIL Dodi Fayed, Princess Diana’s partner, who also tragically died in the car crash with her, was the cousin of assassinated Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. They were both nephews of Saudi billionaire arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi.
w4QY TIL in 1992 dance/pop duo The KLF were invited to play at the BRIT awards. They unexpectedly performed with a grindcore metal band, fired machine gun blanks into the audience, announced they were leaving the music industry, dumped a dead sheep at the afterparty, and deleted their entire back catalog