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TIL that Marlin would have had to swim 1,568 miles to find Nemo

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0dxwA TIL that Queen were not originally meant to perform at the 1985 Live Aid benefit concert at Wembley Stadium. Organiser Bob Geldof believed "their star had risen and fallen." In 2005, Queen's 21-minute set during Live Aid was voted as the best rock gig of all time.
4kOEN TIL that third places - areas other than the home or the workplace where humans can connect and unwind, are dying, and this is a silent killer of our communities
wxEY TIL Thomas Jefferson is accredited as the creator of the swivel chair, the first of which he created and used to write much of the Declaration of Independence.
QXOL TIL Gene Wilder felt insulted by Tim Burton’s remake of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”
16VpV TIL citizens in North Queensland, Australia hold an annual "Toad Day Out" every March 29 where thousands of cane toads are captured and humanely destroyed inspired by the "Whacking Day" episode of The Simpsons.