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TIL Fred is the name of the fish who yells “My Leg!” in Spongebob. He is a Seaitnam War vet and has four children.

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mLAx TIL For years, James Randi (nee Zwinge) wrote everyday “I, Randall Zwinge, will die today” along with the date and his signature on a card he carried in his wallet. He hoped in the event of his untimely death, he would be credited with having predicted it.
nWn8B TIL To get a convincing performance out of the boy that played the kidnapped child in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Spielberg&Co. wore gorilla and clown costumes off-camera to surprise him, and slowly opened presents to get his wide-eyed amazed reaction to seeing aliens in his kitchen.
nePBG TIL 450 Tasmanian opium farmers supply approximately 50% of the world's opium used in painkillers
wokp1 TIL Garry Kasparov helped design a chess-playing computer program. Kasparov also makes an appearance as the last computer profile which has to be defeated in order to win the "Kasparov Chess Club"
jMYX TIL retired porn star Asia Carerra wrote the code for her website she built herself, and is a member of the high IQ club, Mensa International