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TIL Will Smith is now older than Uncle Phil was at the beginning of “The Fresh Prince.”

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ANRra TIL that rhinoceros mating can be brutal. First the males fight for dominance. Then the female chases the male. This is called a "bluff and bluster" ritual, & lasts hours. It often becomes violent, with wrestling and fighting. Sometimes it can even lead to death.
E1Pgw TIL: Nazis' infamous lebensborn racial purity programme, forcing "Aryan" fit women from occupied countries to bear their children. The famous Abba singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad is one of these children
Y7B97 TIL that cats can get acne on their chins
a8E5o TIL that elephants were once used as executioners in South and Southeast Asia. In India, rogue elephants were trained to carry out executions by crushing, dismembering, or torturing victims with their immense power.
NX4J8 TIL Ben Stiller was an actor in Empire of the Sun (1987) and his comedy film Tropic Thunder was in part based on that experience