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ogvL TIL That if you randomly selected two people in Papua New Guinea, there would be a 99% chance the two would speak different languages.
d8jGK TIL Harry Melling (Dudley from Harry Potter) lost so much weight before the filming of The Deathly Hallows that he had to wear a fat suit
9Y64Q TIL long before trees overtook the land, Earth was covered by giant mushrooms
awgvN TIL that when the Mars lander Beagle 2 failed, it was assumed that the landing system failed and blame was placed on Colin Pillinger, lead scientist. After this he wasn't allowed to lead any more missions. He died a year before the lander was discovered intact, proving the landing system worked fine
AlK7 Today I learned that the price of admission for a zoo in 18th century England was a dog or a cat, which were fed to the lions