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TIL the actor who played Glen Coco in Mean Girls wasn't even supposed to be there and never got paid - he snuck onto the set for free food.

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JYQV1 TIL The reason dogs look at you while they poop is because they’re looking for your protection while they’re in their most vulnerable time.
vPGjj TIL contemporary hunter gatherers in Tanzania were estimated to have consumed as much as 100 grams of fiber per day.
neBeG TIL that while the first state to pass a speed limit law happened in 1901 and limited the legal speed of motor vehicles to 12 mph in cities and 15 mph on country roads, the first motor vehicle to actually get a ticket was in a 2 mph zone.
DQPPV TIL that scientists have discovered a tiny parasitic wasp that turns spiders into zombie bodyguards. This wasp, known as Dicopomorpha echmepterygis, injects its eggs into a spider, which then continues to perform its regular tasks but ultimately sacrifices itself to protect the developing wasps.
gXk9 TIL on Jake Gyllenhaal’s very first night of five month’s of ride-alongs in preparation for his role in “End of Watch”, a man was shot dead in front of him.