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TIL that when the Greek goddess Demeter was depressed, a old woman named Baubo cheered her up by flashing her genitals at her

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kOyJE TIL that due to the fact that they spend the majority of their lives on sea ice, polar bears are classified as marine mammals, like dolphins, seals, and whales.
X0ve6 TIL convicted Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tzarnaev who is on death row has received over $26,000 in donations from admirers and family. He currently has a plus balance of over 4,000 dollars to be used at the prison canteen.
Ypn7A TIL Daniel Craig rejected a $137 million dollar offer to star in another James Bond movie. When asked why, he replied he'd rather "break this glass and slash his wrists" than play Bond again.
jNPXE TIL of the Sahara pump theory, which states that in about 10,000 years from now, the change in the orientation of the rotational axis of Earth's poles will move the North African Monsoon far enough north to convert the Sahara back into a tropical climate, as it was during 5,000–10,000 years ago
6mr7 TIL that The Shawshank Redemption’s director and writer, Frank Darabont, was offered $2.5 million from Rob Reiner to let him write and direct it instead, and cast Tom Cruise as Andy and Harrison Ford as Red. Darabont refused, saying that this was his “chance to do something really great.”