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TIL the International Movie Database (IMDb) is almost 25 years old, older than the public release of the first web browser.

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x6v7D TIL in 2015 Burger King tried to collaborate with McDonald’s to make a McWhopper, a burger combining ingredients from the Whopper and Big Mac, but McDonald’s declined the offer.
M7RAB TIL Macaulay Culkin's legal name is "Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin."
oR5VL TIL The Sami people of Northern Europe use drones to track track and manage reindeer herds, blending traditional herding practices with modern technology.
5VnyR TIL that (Spaghetti) Puttanesca means "in the style of a whore" or may also have originally been named, "I just threw a bunch of shit from the cupboard into a pan.”
kJOP7 TIL that Catallus 16 was a poem that was not publically translated completely until the mid 20th century due to it being deemed to vulgar and obscene for the modern era