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TIL that The Rock from WWE and Dwayne Johnson from Fast & Furious are actually the same person. The Rock is just his glamour name.

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1a5E8 TIL that India is home to Malabar giant squirrels- three-foot-long, multi-colored squirrels that range from black, brown and orange to maroon and purple.
6BaZ TIL that by June 2015, Earthlings want to launch hundreds of small satellites into low orbit that will broadcast free and uncensored Internet to everyone in the world
LkLVP TIL that in the same way helium can make your voice go high-pitched by breathing helium, you can make your voice go deep by breathing Sulfur hexafluoride
5DAk TIL that before the FIFA World Cup 2014 Semi Final Match in which they lost 7-1 from Germany, Brazil hadn’t lost a single match at a home stadium in competitive matches since 1975.
Oogpe TIL 'Turritopsis dohrnii', the immortal jellyfish, is a species of small, biologically immortal jellyfish that lives forever. They never die of old age but transform themselves back into their juvenile state. It is the only known species that has figured out how to defeat death.