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TIL all mammals have around one billion heartbeats in their lifetime

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6Wbw TIL actor Benedict Cumberbatch was kidnapped and held at gunpoint before being released in the middle of South Africa with no explanation from his captors
XNDP TIL Peggy Bundy, played by Katey Sagal, whose real life pregnancy was written into season 6. When the actress suffered a miscarriage, the pregnancy storyline was written as a dream of Al’s, as it was felt it would be too traumatic for Katey Sagal to work with an infant.
N9DP TIL that the dog who played Wishbone on the 1990s children’s show of the same name was named Soccer and was a veteran television commercial actor before appearing on the series. He lived from 1988 to 2001 and is buried on the Plano, Texas ranch where Wishbone was filmed.
kO6og TIL in the 1800’s thousands of pigs roamed the streets of NYC, providing the only source of sanitation-eating trash/waste. Children were attacked, pigs held up traffic,carriages fell over. Pigs eventually outnumbered humans-leading to disease and political unrest between upper/lower classes.
e0kLg TIL Black Couturier Ann Lowe Designed Jackie Kennedy's Wedding Dress