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TIL Yellow-bellied sea snakes drink rainwater that gathers on the ocean surface during heavy rainfalls

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wERW TIL that before Summer Glau met Joss Whedon and got cast in Firefly, she auditioned for Power Rangers
5YDmD TIL of The Irish Sweepstakes, est. 1930, which sold lottery tickets internationally to fund Irish hospitals, and prizes won via horse races. The US, where gambling was illegal at the time, bought the most tickets.
ajdN TIL in 2009 Harry Patch, the last living soldier to see action in WW1, died. Aged 111 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day.
N7dDe TIL Richard Garfield, the creator of magic the gathering is the great-great-grandson of U.S. President James A. Garfield, and his great-uncle invented the paper clip.
VBkgk TIL Spc. Sean Baker was nearly beaten to death during a training exercise at Gitmo where he played the role of a detainee. Despite using the codeword and identifying himself, the beating only stopped when his jumpsuit ripped revealing fatigues