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TIL George Lucas planned to become a professional race-car driver, however, a terrible car accident just after his high school graduation ended that dream permanently.

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7nGx TIL that honey badgers and driver ants are apex predators.
9oMr TIL the Hairy frog is known as the “Wolverine frog” because it is thought to intentionally break its toe bones to force sharp “claws” through its flesh as a means of defence.
GwGG TIL There is a toothpaste named Black Man toothpaste that is sold by Colgate in asian countries. The name refers to stereotypically black males white teeth. In 1989 it held a 75% market share in Taiwan and is still sold today.
E1LJd TIL Andy Warhol was one of six artists to secretly send their drawings on a mission to the Moon, and he drew a penis. So there is literally a dick pic on the Moon right now.
yvxJ TIL that horseshoe-crab blood, at $60,000/gallon, is valued to such an extreme degree because it is not only employed worldwide in bacterial contamination tests, it is also used in testings for every single drug approved by the FDA, making it a $50 million/year industry.