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TIL phosphorous was discovered by a 17th century alchemist trying to turn base metals into gold by boiling hundreds of gallons of urine

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NXv8P TIL in the movie Forrest Gump, the girl on the school bus who refuses to let Forrest sit next to her is played by Elizabeth Hanks, the daughter of Tom Hanks.
rNX9e TIL Dave Grohl was such fan of 1980 Team USA gold medal-winning hockey goalie Jim Craig that he called up all Jim Craigs in the Easton Massachusetts area until he connected with the real Jim Craig. Dave and the real Jim Craig met years later at a Winter Olympics.
b6lkQ TIL that almonds and peaches are so genetically similar, they can fertilize each other and produce viable hybrids.
e0K9D TIL When a sloth's body temperature drops too low the bacteria in its gut that helps digest food stops working and it will starve to death even on a full stomach.
8aEpK TIL that switching from leaded to unleaded fuel in the 1970’s has been linked to a 56% decrease in violent crime during the 1990’s.