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TIL that comedian Keegan-Michael Key and DC Comics writer Dwayne McDuffie were half-brothers.

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xVYB1 TIL: about France's almost revolution in may of 68, where 1/3rd of the workforce, and 22% of the total population protested preventing the government from working, and leading the president DeGaulle to flee without anyone in the knowing his location, only ending with an armed occupation of Paris
Me1VW TIL that Will Ferrell was at home watching a documentary on one of the first women to anchor news telecasts when her former coworker appeared on screen. He reminisced: ‘You have to remember, back then I was a real male chauvinist pig. I was not nice to her.’ This was the inspiration for Anchorman.
oBANo TIL that the African country of "Swaziland" has changed its name to "Eswatini" in April 2018.
PamZ TIL the International Museum of Cryptozoology (the study of mythical creatures) is located in Portland, Maine.
v1QyK TIL in the song (Don't Fear) The Reaper, which in its lyrics claim 40,000 men and women die every day, is a very low estimate - in 1976 when the song was released, it was over 100,000 more than that daily.