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TIL Barkhad Abdi had never acted before “Captain Phillips”, was actually born in Somalia, improvised the line “look at me, I am the captain now”, and only made $65k for his Oscar nominated performance.

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7QJZ TIL that the first African slaves brought to North America in 1526 revolted, escaped, and integrated themselves into Native American communities.
QJZgM TIL in 2012 an Air Canada flight was grounded for four hours because a passenger’s cat got out of its carrier and hid in the cockpit.
lY87 TIL most mass shootings in the U.S. occur in ‘Gun Free Zones’
7kyb TIL that 2 Chainz finished second in his high school class and graduated college with a 4.0 GPA
EAnV TIL: That babies only blink 1-2 times a minute, while adults have to blink every 2-10 seconds.