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TIL I learned that the boy with the spoon from matrix was credited "Spoon boy"

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5V00p TIL Thomas Edward Fitzpatrick, nicknamed Tommy Fitz, was an American pilot known for two intoxicated flights where he flew from New Jersey and landed on the streets of New York City.
v1MXj TIL There is a conspiracy theory that Eminem died in 2006 and has been replaced by a clone
06MR TIL that magpie attacks in Australia have led cyclists to put spikes on their helmets.
nGgW TIL dogs watch more TV now, thanks to high-def TVs. Old CRT TVs were too blurry for dogs to see, but modern screens allow dogs to see the images as clearly as humans
XaWQ TIL that when a phrase or word is slowly deteriorated over time due to pronunciation, and ends up being said or spelled incorrectly in a widely accepted way (such as, “all intensive purposes” vs “all intents and purposes”) it is called an “eggcorn”