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TIL That the film 50 First Dates is based on a true story

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Gr74 TIL the population of the United States quadrupled between 1820 and 1870
dDDeB TIL the oldest operational commercial passenger plane is in the fleet of Canadian Operator Nolinor Aviation and is circa 48 years old
VGLB TIL JK Rowling’s parents met on a train from King’s Cross Station in 1964. Rowling used King’s Cross as a gateway into the Wizarding World.
v18k8 TIL That a 99-year-old war veteran who is walking 100 laps of his garden before he turns 100 has raised more than £12m for the NHS.
6VkX TIL Orangutangs have been held captive & used as sex slaves - “We found her chained to a wall, lying on a mattress. She had been shaved all over her body….If a man walked near her, she would turn herself around, present herself, & start gyrating and going through the motions”