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TIL: Quentin Tarantino thinks "The Social Network" Is "Hands Down" the Best Film of the Last Decade. "Dunkirk" is second best.

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wOZ7 TIL that in the ‘60s, Disneyland had women dressed as mermaids sunning themselves and performing synchronized swimming in the lagoon of the Submarine Voyage. Male guests would sometimes jump in lagoon try to talk to them.
R7dV6 TIL "Taro Yamada" or 山田太郎 is the Japanese equivalent of John Doe - a generic male name and the female equivalent Jane Doe is "Hanako Yamada" or 山田花子.
L7pP TIL scientists have successfully “teleported” particles over 100 km
5VBwk TIL the Zerão stadium in Macapá, Brazil is named after the common belief that the midfield line lies exactly on the equator, causing each team to defend one hemisphere
awKrN TIL that in 1997, a 50-pound pumpkin was speared atop a tower at Cornell University, 173 feet in the air. It stayed in place for months. Alumni are still trying to figure out who did it without being noticed -- and how.