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TIL that in May 1987, 300,000 people, in celebrating the Golden Gate Bridge bridge's 50th anniversary walked across the span - flattening the normally arched roadbed, and causing some to become sick.

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nXeP TIL: Fry (Futurama), Stimpy (Ren & Stimpy), the Honey Nut Cheerios Bee, and the Red M&M are all voiced by the same actor.
Y7D1d TIL that "Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond" is the first and currently only video game to win an Oscar. It won it in 2021 for "Colette", a short WWII documentary included in the game
1av9d TIL that Pope John Paul II was a polyglot. He spoke 12 languages; Polish, Latin, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, English, German, Ukrainian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak and Esperanto. He used 9 as Pope. He learned them in 1938, just before the Nazis occupied Poland.
JY181 Did you wake up today with a craving for clay, or dirt? That’s called pica, an abnormal craving for substances other than typical food. If you went ahead and acted on your impulse, it's probably a good idea to head over to your doctor’s office. Research indicates that in most cases this craving is a result of a mineral or vitamin deficiency. This brings us to this week’s Today I Learned, as National Geographic Society grantee and ornithologist Luke Powell explains why macaws regularly munch on South American rain forest clay. Yummy! All animals (including humans) need salt to live. Animals that live in the Amazon rain forest face a curious predicament due to the way the Andes mountain range affects weather coming from the Pacific Ocean. This geography results in an extreme lack of salt in the Amazon and, consequentially, some unique behaviors and appetites.EDITOR: Laurence AlexanderSERIES PRODUCER: Chris Mattle
E1n1d TIL There are more people who have learned English as a second language than there are native speakers.