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TIL Cotton Candy is called Fairy Floss in Australia

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ner4W TIL Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has trained with a former Special Forces Army reservist twice a week since 1999 after being diagnosed with colon cancer. She was able to complete 20 full push-ups in a session before her 80th birthday.
AD7O7 TIL as part of an April Fool's Day prank in 1989, a TV news station in Seattle reported that the city's iconic Space Needle had collapsed. So many people called 911 that the lines went down, and medical professionals left from hours away to volunteer in the 'recovery' efforts.
4XQQo TIL The Way of the Dragon was co-produced, directed, and written by Bruce Lee. With a small budget of $130,000, the film grossed over $130,000,000, or 1000x its budget. For reference, Avengers: Endgame, the highest grossing film of all time, grossed approx. 8x its budget
yAlM TIL Roald Dahl, author of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and other famous children’s novels, was also a renowned Adult Fiction author, even having written for Playboy.
e0Xwg TIL Venus is the only planet in the solar system that spins backwards.