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TIL Christopher Walken doesn’t like to watch his early movies because he thinks he was too “pretty”.

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VLB8 TIL Washington State was once known as “Columbia”; which fully explains the naming of the Canadian province “British Columbia”
5YBVk TIL that there is a collection of viruses in our bodies known as the virome. These viruses do not only infect us but they can also infect the bacteria(microbiome) in our bodies. The stable equilibrium of virus infecting the bacteria in our gut is believed to be why we are immune to certain viruses.
nemrG Climate change has not been kind to Antarctica. According to a comprehensive new study, global warming has already bled the frigid continent, which is larger than Europe, of about 2.7 trillion tons of ice. This enormous amount of ice has already raised global sea levels by as much as a centimeter.
GAvJQ TIL that There is a ranking to measure a country's level of multiculturalism (ethnic, linguistic and religious). The most ethnically and linguistically diverse is Uganda and the most religiously diverse is South Africa.
5VPND TIL in the USA, a candidate can win the presidential election with only 23% of the popular vote