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TIl that River Phoenix was born with the last name of Bottom.

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E1kyw TIL of the Folk Nation, a gang alliance created in 1978 in the Illinois Department of Corrections. The alliance is now found nationally, and their main rival is the People Nation, another alliance from 1970s Chicago.
oBdYr TIL That the Methuselah star maybe older than the estimated age of the universum.
epBKk TIL that fish skin is used as wound dressing for severe burn injuries, leading to fast and very effective healing.
wo0JY TIL that Elton John never performed the Princess Diana version of Candle in the Wind again after her funeral in 1997, despite receiving numerous requests.
jvaa TIL Mary Anning, the first female paleontologist, is the girl referenced in the rhyme “she sells sea shells by the sea shore” after she discovered the first ichthyosaur at age 12 while collecting shells on the beach.