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TIL in the Lorax (2012) by Illumination, "How Bad Can I Be?" only exists in the film because the original, "Biggering", was not considered palatable because of it's much darker commentary on big business, anti-corporatism and greed as the author (Dr. Seuss.) intended.

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YpWex TIL The most prolific narrator of hadiths (non Quranic stories and sermons of the Prophet) was known by the kunyah Abu Hurayrah "Father of a Kitten". Abu Hurayrah is a controversial figure as many of his 5374 hadiths lack witnesses to confirm them.
QJA5d TIL that during World War II, the US Navy’s Third Fleet and Fifth Fleet were largely composed of the same ships. The change in Fleet numbers was used to designate which Admiral was in command at the time ( Halsey or Spruance) and to make the Japanese think there were twice as many ships.
r9Wx TIL the chief minster of Karnataka, India is a self-confessed agnostic. During his swearing-in ceremony, he took oath in the name of “Truth” and not God.
5VNJQ TIL in 1975 the Hōkūleʻa, a modern but performance-accurate Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe, sailed from Hawaiʻi to Tahiti using only ancient Polynesian wayfinding techniques (non-instrument navigation), likely saving those techniques from extinction.
MeGv0 TIL about the baltic sea anomaly. An object with unusual features of seemingly non-natural origin, prompting speculation published in tabloid newspapers that the object was a sunken UFO. A consensus of experts and scientists say that the image most likely shows a natural geological formation.