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Today I learned Forest Gump was based off a book.

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gMGK7 TIL the song Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover is not about a woman lusting after a man. Instead it's about a woman (the narrator) wishing she could save another woman who is trapped in an abusive relationship. The "I wish I was your lover" line is the narrator longing to show the woman what love can be.
oBGnr TIL that prior to making Finding Nemo, Pixar's in-house art team was required to take Marine Biology, Oceanography, Ichthyology, and Scuba Diving Classes in order to get the look & feel of the characters and their world just right.
kOrEE TIL "Eddie Would Go." Eddie would go is a cult saying attributed to lifeguard legend Eddie Aikau. Eddie saved over 500 people while lifeguarding. Ultimately he died while trying to save others. He was often cited as braving conditions that nobody else would in order to save others. Eddie would go
5V7xn TIL that Pantone created a special hue called "Love symbol #2" as a tribute to Prince and his Yamaha purple piano.
ANNJn TIL of a fossil known as “Fighting Dinosaurs”. Preserved remains of a Protoceratops and a Velociraptor trapped in combat.