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TIL Vin Diesel Is the voice of the Iron Giant

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e0VGb TIL that Tim Allen spent 28 months in federal prison for trafficking cocaine.
LZVV TIL as soon as 2100 Humanity could begin to suffocate due to an average 6 degree Celsius increase in temperature disrupting the process of photosynthesis in two thirds of the world’s oxygen producing organisms.
xV0og TIL of Vittorio Emanuele, son of the last King of Italy. He was banned from entering Italy until 2002 when he renounced all claim to the throne. Controversially he has also been tried on charges of murder, criminal association, racketeering, conspiracy, corruption and exploitation of prostitution.
VBNy4 TIL Monica Seles won 8 tennis Grand Slams by the age of 19. In 1993, an obsessed fan of Seles's main rival, Steffi Graf, ran onto court with a knife and stabbed Seles in the back. Although she eventually returned to tennis, Seles only won 1 additional Grand Slam for the remainder of her career.
MQLW TIL The Economist has an indicator of the purchasing power of a country measured in how many Big Macs could be bought in that country with $50 USD - The Big Mac Index.