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TIL renowned movie critic Roger Ebert briefly dated Oprah Winfrey

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69RGw TIL Octopuses have three hearts: two pump blood to the gills, and one pumps it to the rest of the body. They also have a central brain and a large neuron cluster, often called a "mini-brain," in each of their eight arms, allowing for significant independent function of each arm!
x6E60 TIL on 1856, William Henry Perkin discovered mauveine (one of the first synthetic dyes) while attempting to synthetize quinine
N0Pb TIL that the latest Dragonball Z movie (Battle of Gods) was 1 of the 4 selected movies in 2012 that received funding from the Japanese government
16aLd TIL that after 5 Tamil chiefs defeated the Sri Lankan king Valagamba, one of them became king but was eventually slain by another, who also became king before being slain by another, and so on until only one remained, then Valagamba returned, slew the last one and took back his throne.
DQonV TIL Florida's Punta Gorda Airport has a plane fire simulator that looks really real as you drive by on the highway.