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TIL Matthew McConaughey’s Lincoln commercials were only minimally scripted, and was influenced by McConaughey not wanting them to “sound like an advertisement.”

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EglN7 TIL about Candlepin bowling. You get three turns, a small ball, and the felled pins aren't swept off between turns.
vPXAx TIL that the official multi-nation search for the doomed MH 370 aircraft was the largest and most expensive aviation search in history. 19 vessels and 345 aircraft sorties combed 4.6 million square kilometers of the Southern Indian Ocean for an approximated cost of US$155 million.
gMlX TIL There is a tree that has legal ownership of itself and all land within eight feet (2.4 m) of its base.
6WKX TIL that Canada and the USA are the least racist countries in the world; India and Jordan are the most racist.
opxo TIL that Blue Whales can expend upto 1900 calories to take a single bite, and if its prey is densely packed enough it could take in about 2 million calories.