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TIL Bryan Cranston's father was an actor, but did not secure enough roles to provide for his family. He walked out on the family when Bryan was 11 years old, and they did not see each other again until a 22-year-old Bryan and his brother Kyle decided to track him down.

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R7Nma TIL there were once giant beavers called "castoroides", weighing up to 125 kg (276 lb) and measuring up to 2.2 m (7.2 ft) long, with 15 cm (6 in) long incisors.
woDKo TIL John Logie Baird built what was to become the world's first working television set using items that included an old hatbox, a pair of scissors, some darning needles, a few bicycle light lenses, and a tea chest. In 1928 he also demonstrated colour transmission and a 3D TV
OGE4L TIL: House cats are extremely effective hunters; domestic and feral cats kill billions of birds every year in the US alone. Putting a loud/extremely visible collar on cats can help warn birds from cat attacks.
pE6A TIL that a financial advisor in California suspected that a colleague was ejaculating in her drink bottle after noticing a strange taste, and had her boyfriend ejaculate into a water bottle to confirm her suspicions. The colleague was fired and charged with assault.
QNj7d TIL that James Joyce and Ernest Hemingway were drinking buddies in 1920s Paris. Joyce, who was small, weak, and had poor eyesight, had a habit of picking fights and then hide behind Hemingway, shouting, “Deal with him, Hemingway! Deal with him!”