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TIL In 1987 Bruce Willis released an album called "The return of Bruno", that is also a comedic movie representing Bruce as his fictitious alter-ego "Bruno Radolini". This album went #4 in UK, and #14 in US

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wLkw7 TIL: One of the world's biggest mysteries is a 19' granite monument sitting on one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, GA. The Georgia Guidestones are engraved in eight different languages and the first of ten guides or commandments etched in stone is: “1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000”
EgVY0 TIL of Alexander Selkirk (1676 – 13 December 1721) who was a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer who spent four years and four months as a castaway (1704–1709) after being marooned by his captain, initially at his request, on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean.
XE5nD TIL whale oil was used in transmission fluids as recently as 1972. Transmission failures soared when its use was banned.
L9n0 TIL in 1990, First Lady Barbara Bush criticized The Simpsons as “the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen.“ Marge wrote a letter to her, in character, politely telling her not to be so judgmental and explaining that her family tried their best. Mrs Bush later apologized for her “loose tongue”
5VJyp TIL that 21 out of the last 31 U.S. elections, the tallest person was elected President.