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TIL the official state vegetable of Oklahoma is watermelon.

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vPxvL Til that Matt Hannon, star of cult movie Samurai Cop, took part in an armed robbery stealing a Rembrandt painting from televangelist Gene Scott's University Cathedral in Los Angeles. He was later arrested and sent to prison.
a8A6L TIL that Lord Byron kept a bear with him during his time at Trinity College, in defiance of the college's rule of not allowing students to keep dogs
KYVr9 TIL Francis Ford, the brother of movie director John Ford, was notable for appearing as Abraham Lincoln nine times in film over just four years from 1912 to 1915. Six of those appearances were in 1913 alone.
kVBe TIL there is a movie called “Gayniggers From Outer Space” that has an IMDB rating of 6.5/10
yQLlV TIL Howie Mandel voices the character Gizmo in the 1984 film, Gremlins, and its 1990 sequel, Gremlins 2: The New Batch