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TIL Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is related to AMD CEO Lisa Su

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0evy TIL Clementines can be used as candles.
R7RY9 TIL whilst filming the movie Entebbe, about a plane being hijacked, a plane was hijacked and landed at the airport on the day of the filming. They then filmed the real hostages being released and edited it into the movie. The producer called it a "blessing from the sky on a day of bad acting."
kO8e1 TIL in the year 2000 a new type of ant was found in the Amazon. It was so unlike anything previously recorded that it was not only recognized as a new species, it also became the sole member of a new genus, AND subfamily.
9Y0kr TIL the UK has the healthiest teeth in the world
v1rxR TIL that Michaelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine chapel, including the last judgement can be seen in their current colourful state only beacause of years of restoration work done by a team led by Gianluigi Colalucci. He is also known for restoring works by Raphael, Giotto, Titian and Buffalmacco.