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TIL Nicolas cage had a tooth extracted without novocain for his role in “Birdie” and ate a live cockroach for his role in “Vampires Kiss”

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pYWD4 TIL Facultative bipedalism is when an animal primarily walks on four or more legs but can walk/run using only two legs. Facultive bipedalism is found many species including insects, lizard, rodents, and primates.
4R0J TIL that the world record for most miles driven by a car is held by a Volvo P-1800S at 2,850,000 miles or about 114 times around the planet.
pYmPb TIL DeForest Kelley, who played Dr McCoy in Star Trek, wanted to become a doctor, but couldn't afford medical school. He regularly received letters from fans who went into medicine because of him and said "to influence the youth of the country ... is an award that is not handed out by the industry"
wKx8 TIL sloths will remain hanging off branches after death, and often will not fall even after being shot
xVbrk TIL that in 1935 the US Government planted 220 million trees in 7 years to combat Dust storms. It was a huge success and if it was repeated today it would help in the fight against the climate crisis immensly.