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TIL renowned movie critic Roger Ebert briefly dated Oprah Winfrey

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Mex6A TIL of Active Measures, a Soviet programme of political warfare used mainly to weaken the West by sowing discord amongst allies, fracture alliances in particular NATO and to tarnish the image of the United States in the eyes of the rest of the world.
lrJB TIL Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, was quoted saying “Once you’ve been labeled a genius, you have to continue it or your name becomes mud. I am a victim of the recording industry. I didn’t think I was a genius. I thought I had talent. But I didn’t think I was a genius.”
W7ZMA TIL about Typhoon Cobra. In 1944 it sank 3 US Navy destroyers, damaged 9 other ships and killed 790 men.
awv9y TIL: In an interview with Super Mario Odyssey director Kenta Motokura, he confirms that Mario is human. When asked why Mario is so different, Motokura responds "In the world, there are many different types of people, you know."
eM05 TIL that only about 22% of people have the genes necessary to smell “asparagus pee”