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TIL that the actor Michael O'Keefe, who played Danny in Caddyshack, was married to Bonnie Raitt and co-wrote two songs with her: "One Part be My Lover" and "Longing in Their Hearts"

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E1rR7 TIL that Since 1979, Jadav Payeng aka The Forest Man of India has been planting trees every day on the island of Majuli and Jorhat. In that time, he has built a forest reserve covering 1,360 acres and now that place has its own ecosystem.
xVOyg TIL About the diving horses of Atlantic City. From the mid 1880's until 1978! the (mostly female) riders would ride their horse up a ramp some 60 ft high to plummet into a small pool.
ybBX TIL Kim Jong-Il wasn’t born in North Korea, but in the Soviet Union.
d5D8 TIL in 1991, an cosmic particle hit the atmosphere at over 99.999999999999999999999% the speed of light. It was dubbed the Oh-My-God Particle.
ZpM1R TIL: There is an inland "sea" in California that is made 100% from Colorado River water.