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TIL Guillermo del Toro was working with Disney on an adaptation of The Wind in the Willows but left the production team as an executive said: ‘Could you give Toad a skateboard and make him say, 'radical dude’. Del Toro responded: 'It’s been a pleasure…’

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XeEE TIL the Qur'an states that the teachings of Islam are not meant solely for humans. They are also meant for the “Jinn,” which are supernatural spirits made of “smokeless flame” that inhabit a parallel universe.
5drr TIL that during his trial in Florida, Ted Bundy became legally married using an obscure law that any marriage declaration in court, in the presence of a judge, constituted a legal marriage.
D1P8v TIL that biologists went to Bikini Atoll a year after the nuclear tests, caught a fish, held it up to photograph paper, and took an x-ray image using rays coming from inside the fish.
16k4O TIL: In 1932, Brazil couldn’t afford to send its athletes to the Los Angeles Olympics, so they put them on a ship filled with coffee. The athletes sold the coffee along the way to fund their trip.
LkLZr TIL Scientists improved the intelligence of old mice, by infusing them with blood from young humans. Young blood led to improved brain function and reversed symptoms of ageing. It helped reduce memory loss; and slowed the decline in muscle function, metabolism and bone structure.