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TIL Homer Simpson is an honourary citizen of Winnipeg

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p8ag8 TIL while playing fetch with dogs, if you throw the ball into water, the dog will run along the beach a while before jumping in, a technique to minimize retrieval time since they're faster on land. You can use calculus to calculate the optimal jumping point, which the dogs can find instinctively.
Vy0Q TIL “Ring Of Fire” popularized by Johnny Cash was actually written by June Carter about her falling in love with Johnny Cash while he was still married to his first wife.
PJ1e TIL the highest Rotten Tomatoes rating for a movie based on a video game is 44%, for Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
O5Q4 TIL: Samuel L Jackson Had a Purple Lightsaber In Star Wars So He Could Find Himself During A Fight Scene
NX58J TIL Edward G. Robinson spoke seven languages and used atleast six of them to deliver anti-Nazi speeches from London during the Second World War. Additionally Robinson was the first movie star to entertain the troops in Normandy, crossing the channel less than a month after the invasion.