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TIL that Sylvester Stallone’s signature slurred speech and snarling look is caused by partial facial paralysis due to a nerve severed by accident at birth

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BrpyW TIL a Harvard professor who had worked with Bill Gates called him shortly after he had left to start Microsoft. The professor recalled, "He had moved to Albuquerque... to run a small company writing code for microprocessors, of all things. I remember thinking: 'Such a brilliant kid. What a waste.'"
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xDKg TIL in Motorcycle Road Racing (i.e. Isle of Man TT) the paramedics ride superbikes too, following the racers, to be as fast as possible on the crash scene
yXNa TIL that when a bald eagle loses a feather, it will automatically shed the same feather on it’s other side to maintain balance.
oBoBW TIL the mosquitos they extracted the blood from to create the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park didn’t actually suck blood, negating the entire premise of the film