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TIL that after watching The Godfather, members of the Patriarca crime family started “philosophizing” and improved their grammar.

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vneK TIL - Netherlands has a plan where flooding the country could be used as a defence strategy and this can easily be done by destroying various flood defences in case of attack by a foreign country.
ByDr TIL that when Bill Cosby got his Doctor of Education degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst his dissertation was on Fat Albert.
DQbp TIL the band “Limp Bizkit” chose their name to turn away people who judge music by the name of the artist.
aXwL TIL that Tom Hanks’ character in A League of Their Own was based on Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx. Foxx, one of the greatest power hitters of his day, suffered from injuries and alcoholism and eventually died from choking on dinner.
oBKgo TIL On August 26, 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughn described a disturbing dream to his band mates in which he witnessed his own funeral. The next day, he tragically died in a helicopter crash.