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TIL the library posters in “The Breakfast Club” can also be seen in the school halls of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Both John Hughes films were shot back-to-back to save time and money.

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Empo TIL there are only 2 companies in the world still making vinyl record lacquer…and one is an elderly Japanese man doing it in his garage!
NRJM TIL Russian President Boris Yeltsin’s first words to the U.S. President upon meeting in 1995 were, “Do you think O.J. did it?”
d8BM8 TIL that beavers don't actually live in dams. The dams themselves are incidental, and are only necessary when they lack access to the two feet of naturally occurring water required to build their actual shelters.
B5Zy TIL there are 19869 airports in the United States - the most in the world. Canada is next with 1845
R5Rej TIL that the dogs in competitive agility don’t rehearse the course ahead of time. The courses are randomized at each competition, and the trainers (without their dogs) only see the layout beforehand on the same day. When the dog runs the course they are literally seeing it for the first time.