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TIL In the UK there is a tv channel called Dave, the reasoning behind the name is because “everyone knows a bloke called Dave”

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M70ob TIL from 1929 to 1931 three consecutive Canadian born women won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. It was nearly 90 years before another Canadian man or woman won the top Oscar.
p67p TIL Hollywood used 1,500 Inflatables as crowd for “The King’s Speech” movie
Lkvg0 TIL that the first submarine was propelled by oars.
9Oxp TIL that Scarlett Johansson was asked by Oxfam (for whom she was a global ambassador) to stop supporting SodaStream in Israel (which had built illegal settlements in Palestine). She chose to leave Oxfam and do a SuperBowl advert for SodaStream instead.
KYb1Q TIL that the dust jacket of a first edition The Great Gatsby, is worth far more than the book.