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TIL James Joyce’s Ulysses contains more vocabulary words than Shakespeare’s entire canon

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6EZYQ TIL George Jetson is born this year, 2022
GY005 TIL Lee Marvin was not only devilishly handsome and a badass in the movies but also in real life. Marvin joined the illustrious US Marine Corps at age 18 and fought in WW2 at the battle of Saipan, being hit by machine gun fire and a snipers bullet as well.
REG4 TIL the melted butter topping served in movie theaters is mostly canola oil with additives mixed in
mxePx TIL Doves that were a part of the 1988 Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Seoul, landed inside the Olympic Cauldron after being released, and were accidentally burned alive when it was lit later on in the ceremonies.
16l5r TIL in 1893 the new town of Frostproof, FL was named as a marketing ploy to convince potential landowners the town has never had, and never would have, a frost that could destroy the large citrus-driven economy. However, only a couple of years later, a frost killed most of the citrus in Frostproof.