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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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0wWk5 TIL of the TomTato, a commercially available graft of potato and tomato, which will grow potatos below ground and tomatos above ground.
XEWEP TIL as the child of an international lawyer, Jeopardy! "Greatest of All Time" champion and interim host Ken Jennings grew up in South Korea and Singapore. He only began living in the United States permanently upon admission to the University of Washington in the 1990s.
LkQWv It’s a logical question. After all, it would be handy if every time the Hubble Space Telescope went on the fritz, an astronaut could reach out the window of the space station and give it a whack. Unfortunately, not only is that setup nearly impossible, being docked to the ISS would impair Hubble’s performance.
Yp7Rd TIL : A Few Years Back, Wisconsin’s largest painting, The Flagellants, returned from its trip to Munich!
7rmnP TIL After the Battle of Blair Mountain (1921) striking miners feared jail and confiscation of their guns, many decided to hide their weapons in the woods before leaving Logan County. Collectors and researchers are still finding weapons and ammunition hidden around the site to this day.