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TIL that California’s drought might actually be a return to normal climate, with the past 100 years being abnormally wet.

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dDwZZ TIL that Mortal Kombat character Noob Saibot is a mix of the last names of the creator of the series in reverse: Noob (Ed Boon) and Saibot (John Tobias)
4Y6o TIL that the Wachowskis asked Warner Bros. for $80 million to make The Matrix but only got $10 million approved, so they decided to spend all of that money on the opening sequence. They showed it to the Warner executives who were so impressed that they gave them their original budget.
O8Qe TIL that BackStreet Boys were actually six in number. The producer and manager put himself as the 6th backstreet boy so that he could double dip and collect on the groups Royalties.
KngB TIL that Hydrox cookies actually beat Oreos to market by over four years but were ultimately doomed because their name sounds like a cleaning product.
QNLgX TIL Professional Disc Golfer Ken Climo holds the record for the most Professional Disc Golf Association World Championships (12), and he did it while holding down a full-time job as a carpenter in his hometown of Clearwater, Florida