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TIL Siskel and Ebert reviewed Debbie Does Dallas

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GYGo4 TIL scientists discovered in Brazil a 3,000 year old termite nation as big as the UK. To build it, the termites moved an amount of soil equivalent to building 4,000 Great Pyramids of Giza
wL4nE TIL of Oland, an island in Germany with a population of only 16 people. Storms flood Oland every week during winter. It has a railway track which was built in 1923 and it takes 20 minutes for Olanders to reach the mainland through it.
roO4 TIL former Miami Dolphins Fullback Robert Konrad fell overboard from his 38-foot boat and swam for over 16 miles to shore overnight. Suffering from hypothermia once reaching shore, he said it was “bittersweet” because he had no strength to walk.
WgX8 TIL only three artists have had a Top 40 hit single in every decade since the 80’s: Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Weird Al Yankovic
p89Mp TIL that Heath Ledger prepared for the Joker role by going into complete isolation for 6 weeks in a hotel room with only a journal and comic books related to the script and Joker.