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TIL that peppers are hot to repel mammals, which damage seeds, but allow birds to spread the seeds because birds are immune to spicy capsaicin

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vMj TIL That Sean Connery rejected the role of Gandalf, Morpheus, The Architect, and Austin Power’s father.
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oBEVR TIL about a fight between clowns and firemen which blew up into a full scale riot and led to the entire Toronto police force losing their jobs