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TIL there’s an official term for Grammar Nazi’s: Prescriptivists.

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GGr1 TIL that US courts have ruled that police departments can refuse to hire someone considered to be ‘too smart.’
VMYA8 TIL after the success of ‘Shaun of the Dead’, Simon Pegg was asked if would he would leave England for Hollywood. He replied, “It’s not like we’re going to go away and do, I don’t know, Mission: Impossible III.” Two years later, he was cast as Benji in Mission Impossible III
kJQO5 TIL that Brad Pitt's first name isn't Bradley, that would be William, with Bradley being his middle name.
7rJVM TIL of F.D.C Willard, known for being the first Cat to co-author a Physics paper.
QJeQa TIL that "Weird Al" Yankovic released "Polkamon", a song that featured briefly during the credits of "Pokémon: The Movie 2000".