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TIL that before Summer Glau met Joss Whedon and got cast in Firefly, she auditioned for Power Rangers

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e6o6 TIL that 2013 is the first year in recorded history where consumption of fish has surpassed beef
LJR9 TIL: After investigating a possible hack into the Verizon infrastructure, they found that one of their developers had outsourced his job to a Chinese development firm. The firm did such an outstanding job that the developer was widely considered the best developer at Verizon.
XERER TIL, the author of Mary Had a Little Lamb, Sarah Josepha Hale, is most responsible for the creation of Thanksgiving being a national holiday.
1anND TIL Scientists have discovered that the gut-infecting bacterium C. diff is evolving into two separate species, one group highly adapted to spread in hospitals. Researchers identified changes that allow it to thrive on a Western sugar-rich diet, evade common hospital disinfectants and spread easily.
kgg4 TIL of John Stapp, a man who withstood 46.2 Gs of gravity, suffered a detached retina and went 632 MPH all in a single run on a deceleration sled