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TIL popular actor and celebrity Keanu Reeves donated over $75 million dollars to 14 different charities, as well as his autographed Talent Pass from the 2006 MTV Movie Awards.

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KYAkR TIL a policeman William Potts invented the first tri-colour, four-directional traffic signal in 1920 in Motor City (Detroit).
n8wo TIL that B.F. Skinner, a famous psychologist, instilled superstitions in pigeons by giving them food in a cage at set time intervals. The pigeons responded by forming rituals, which they believed brought them the food, such as bobbing their heads or turning counter-clockwise.
XEZ9E TIL that J.R.R Tolkien & C.S Lewis were good friends who had beers together at the local pub, and there's a good chance the LoTR/Narnia books were, at times, being written right next to each other.
AN6ed TIL that the halftime show for the first Super Bowl in 1967 featured three marching bands, including the Anaheim High School Band, Drill Team, and Flag Girls.
nWomr TIL of the practice of tail docking, whereby people amputate a horse's tail so it doesn't interfere with harnesses or carriage equipment.