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TIL over $900 billion has been spent “attempting to bring Matt Damon back from distant places” in fiction

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woeXP Today I learned there have been 9 dog mayors elected in small Small towns in California, Minnesota, Colorado, Kentucky, as well as one in San Francisco. One "re-pup-lican"campaign promised "a bone in every dish, a cat in every tree, and a fire hydrant in every corner"
PLOn TIL that during the 16th century, Western Ireland was under the control of Pirate Gráinne Ní Mháille. After years of fighting against England, Queen Elizabeth agreed to personally meet with her. Gráinne showed up with a dagger, refused to bow, and threw a noblewoman’s handkerchief into a fire
XPRX TIL Mike Patton, who is known for his vast range of vocal abilities, voiced all of the infected in I Am Legend.
r901 TIL That Rather Than Use CGI, Tim Burton Had 40 Squirrels Trained to Crack Nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
rNaLW TIL that the loudest animal in the world is the 2cm long Pistol Shrimp. It can create bubbles that pop at a volume louder than a gun shot and produce temperatures of over 4,000 degrees Celsius. It shoots these bubbles at it’s prey.