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TIL Ryan Gosling turned down the opportunity to be in the Backstreet Boys before they became big.

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a0MN TIL a woman named Irena Sendler worked as a plumber in the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII, and saved over 2,500 Jewish children, smuggling many of them out in her tool box. She was also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize; and lost to Al Gore.
6E6P7 TIL 1,035 professional journalists have been killed in the past 15 years. Syria and Mexico are the deadliest countries for reporters.
m1DMy TIL horned lizards have a bizarre but effective defense mechanism—they can squirt streams of blood from the corners of their eyes, aiming it directly at predators like coyotes. This sudden burst of blood contains chemicals that taste foul and can cause nausea or confusion in the attacker.
ZDrp TIL that 87% of the population of the United States is uniquely identifiable with only your zip code, date of birth, and gender.
bmoj TIL Due to pollution and malnutrition more than 40 million people in mainland China have been diagnosed as infertile.