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TIL Beyoncé is named after her mama's maiden name, which is also Beyoncé

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b9r77 TIL Quarantine was first invented in Venice.
OooD7 TIL Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi wrote the initial script for Disney's 'Moana' focusing more on Moana’s family relationships and adding irreverent, “very Pacific humour”. All that remains of his original script is “EXT: OCEAN – DAY”, jokes Waititi, but he felt the final product was “good”.
VKy8 TIL Jim Lahey ( John Dunsworth ) is Sarah’s (Sarah Dunsworth ) father in real life
n5ld TIL in 2013 The Wall Street Journal discovered a cache of files that revealed the U.S. government lobotomized over 2000 veterans against their will after WW2. The veterans were lobotomized for reasons such as PTSD, depression, schizophrenia, and occasionally homosexuality.
RNx6 TIL that we’re on the brink of a global wine shortage, patially because China’s consumption of wine has doubled twice in the last five years.