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TIL James Franco, Emma Watson, Jason Segel, Seth Rogen, Rihanna, Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, Aziz Ansari etc. are going to play themselves in an upcoming movie called “End of the World”

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WXgA TIL that Hasidic Jews in New York took over a school board, gutting the education system because they thought it was unfair to pay taxes for a service they don’t use.
neMWo TIL To pull yourself up by your bootstraps is actually physically impossible. In fact, the original meaning of the phrase was more along the lines of “to try to do something completely absurd.”
yVlXl TIL that all polar bears in Iceland are shot on sight. They are not native to the island, and dangerous because they are hungry after floating over on ice from Greenland. It is too difficult and expensive to return them home.
8OPa TIL we laugh when we’re tickled because our brain believes we are about to be injured (ticklish spots are also spots of vulnerability) and is using laughter to convey submission to an aggressor
N7Xk8 TIL Potato plants can grow fruit. They look like tiny green tomatoes and are poisonous.