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TIL that the word “utopia” literally means “not a place.”

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aAON TIL that Joaquin Phoenix rolled his car, & a man tapped on his window & said “Just relax.” Phoenix replied “I’m fine. I am relaxed.” The man said “No you’re not,” & stopped Phoenix from lighting a cigarette while gas was leaking into the car. The man was famed German film director Werner Herzog.
R5Zjl TIL that Mel Gibson was born in New York
b6era TIL that flight etiquette is that the middle seat gets BOTH armrests
Z8WZD TIL Italic type was named that because it was designed in Italy
KXBB TIL of a British marine who threw himself on an enemy grenade, walked away with a nosebleed and got himself the George Cross