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TIL Roger Ebert dated Oprah

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m7PO TIL when Vermont adopted the Latin motto “Stella quarta decima fulgeat,” some locals complained that the state was honoring Mexicans and other Latinos.
0wBZM TIL of the Samaritan Revolts. Centuries after the Jewish Revolts, the Samaritans in fact became the majority demographic in the Holy Land and revolted against the Byzantines, resulting in nearly total annihilation and their modern obscurity.
6EPgY TIL that Joaquin Phoenix flipped his car, and in the wreckage, he heard a voice say, "Just relax." He replied, "I'm fine. I am relaxed." The man replied, "No you're not," and stopped Phoenix from lighting a cigarette while gasoline was leaking into the car. This man was famed director Werner Herzog.
yQxDw TIL of the "California Nut Crimes", including the theft of 35 truckloads of nuts worth about $10 million between 2013 - 2017.
m1gxO TIL Martin Luther once wrote an essay titled: "Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of Peasants"