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TIL Helen Keller owned the first Akitas in the US

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M7PVa TIL, that there is a "desert" in Japan with large sand dunes, a museum of sand sculptures and even camal rides for tourists
rRoZW TIL The Well Yes But Actually No meme comes from a misquoted line from the movie So You Want to Be a Pirate. The actual line said in the scene pictured by the meme is "good guess, but actually no" which is often heard as "well yes, but actually no" due to pronunciation.
E1Mjo TIL of Dashrath Manjhi, a Man Who Single-handedly Carved A Road Through a Mountain over 22 Years
nWnLW TIL "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water" by Limp Bizkit is the fastest-selling rock album ever in the United States. It sold 1,055,000 copies in the first seven days of it's release. It broke the record held by Pearl Jam for their album "Vs."
MeJv0 TIL that Alan Smithee was the official pseudonym film directors used when they wanted to disown a project.