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TIL Even though he died, Philip Seymour Hoffman completed all of Mockingjay 1 and most of Mockingjay 2 and won’t be replaced as Plutarch Heavensbee.

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LJZP TIL the Australian women’s national soccer team played a team of 15 year old boys to prepare for the summer Olympics in Rio and lost 7-0.
KOJWQ TIL of Ulrich Schnaft a Waffen SS soldier who Immigrated to Israel joined the IDF and was later arrested for spying for Egypt
Oo6aR TIL the record for most children born to one mother is 69, to the wife of Feodor Vassilyev (b. 1707–c.1782), a peasant from Shuya, Russia. In 27 labors, she gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets.
mMxx TIL that rice does not need to be grown in water, but since it can survive it, it is done so that weeds and other pests can be controlled, leading to higher yields.
VMvRZ TIL the word "colonel" is pronounced "kernel"because the French wanted to have the "R" sound in the word, instead of the two "L" sounds.