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TIL Pitbulls were once commonly used as babysitters

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PYPpO TIL Christopher Reeve's accident was so severe that he needed surgery to reattach his skull and spine. While awaiting the surgery, a man in a blue hat and yellow scrubs met with him, jokingly claiming he was a proctologist and that Reeves needed a rectal exam. That man was Robin Williams.
VBnO4 TIL in early 19th century Spanish overseas expansion and Russian expansion moving south by land from Alaska, met in California. Fort Ross was the southernmost Russian settlement, located in modern day Sonoma County
ANMdB TIL At 17, Steven Spielberg directed "Firelight," a sci-fi film with a $500 budget. It premiered at a local cinema, drawing 500 attendees who paid a dollar each for tickets. One person paid $2, bringing the total earnings to $1. It marked Spielberg's first commercial success.
YpWXv TIL that Saturn could float in water.
e8wL TIL that fracking results in millions of gallons of “flowback liquid” being pumped to the surface. The flowback liquid contains radioactive material, heavy metals, hydrocarbons and other toxins and is stored on site in pits, injected into underground wells or treated at an off-site facility.