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TIL Alex Hirsch’s (creator of Gravity Falls) first TV role was actually on the Late Show with David Letterman. He had won his High School bird Calling competition and was 17.

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pYe9p TIL that six actors of "The Brady Bunch" reprised their roles for an extended dream sequence in a 1989 episode of the sitcom "Day By Day" and a main actor in "Day By Day" went on to play Greg Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel.
b9aw7 TIL the Senkwekwe Center in Congo is the world’s only facility specifically created to care for orphaned mountain gorillas. Named after a family of gorillas that were brutally murdered in 2007, it is the only place in the world where mountain gorillas have been documented to thrive in captivity.
WkoL TIL that in 1946, the United States of America tried to buy Greenland from the Danish for $100,000,000.
epKv6 TIL that the deepest scuba dive of all time was 1,090 feet, set by Ahmed Gabr in 2014. It took him nearly a decade to properly prepare for the dive. While the descent took only 15 minutes, the ascent back to the surface took over 13 hours.
59MR TIL the lubricating fluid that is naturally produced in a woman’s vagina during sexual arousal is mainly blood plasma