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TIL Pablo Escobar imported 4 Hippos to Columbia in 1980s that have now grown to a herd of 40 and are impossible to relocate

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l79nA TIL the first non-American actor to play Superman / Kal El was Lee Quigley. As the infant in the original 1978 movie he would later tragically die at the age of 14 after inhaling solvents
YMKB TIL that Magnetospirillium magneticum is a free-living bacteria which has the ability to actively take in iron, convert it to magnetic magnetite, align it like a backbone along its body, and travel through its environment using magnetic fields.
woAV1 TIL Ming-Na Wen'S first acting job was on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
aQaM TIL when JJ Abrams chose to have John Williams score The Force Awakens, he gave his frequent composer/collaborator Michael Giacchino a role as stormtrooper FN-3181 in the raid on Jakku as an apology.
VMpak TIL water is not actually flavorless but more close to sour in the taste pallet