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TIL Warwick Davis is younger than Peter Dinklage

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7Gjr TIL the English words moose, opossum, pecan, raccoon, skunk, and squash all originated from the now-extinct language of the Algonquian people, the native tribe inhabiting the site of the earliest English colony in what is now the US at Roanoke Island.
8gvK TIL Jerry Seinfeld asked Joan Rivers to be the first guest on Season 5 of “Comedians in Cars”. She postponed due to a scheduled medical procedure but eventually died due to complications during said procedure.
5YkLR TIL hospital patients recover quicker when they are able to see a park/vegetation from their window
x6jgb TIL Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt presented a 14 gram lunar rock sample sealed in a clear container the size of a pickle jar to the White House in 2018 to mark Space Policy Directive 1, which directs NASA to return humans to the moon
LQ0NQ TIL Mothers Having Fewer Children is the Primary Cause of Changes in Population Growth