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TIL The classic scene in Wayne's World where Garth dances to Jimi Hendrix - 'Foxy Lady' in the diner was improvised. Director: Myers & Carvey were always trying to one-up each other. The dance was not in the script. Just a zoom on Garth's face was planned, but Carvey says, “How about if I do this?”

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j65GR TIL that in 2006, a baby girl named Amillia Taylor was born prematurely at just 21 weeks and 6 days—well before the usual threshold of viability. She survived and grew up healthy, baffling medical experts.
ge6y TIL: In the 1930’s, Ben “Bugs” Hardaway, an animator who co-directed several Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts, was asked to draw pictures of rabbits for a new short, while drawing, Ben labeled the papers as “Bug’s Bunny.” The name stuck.
OG7W7 TIL of Leisure Suit Larry. You play as Larry, a 38 year old balding virgin who lives in his moms' basement, and your goal is to get him laid in Las Vegas with the little money he has in his pocket, in 7 (realtime) hours.
9DMM TIL that the real reason the ocean is salty is because the entire volume of the ocean is going inside the earth into magma chambers and out, every 6-8 million years, where it exchanges minerals it got from rivers, and we did not know this until 1979.
KRoa TIL that many Asians wear surgical masks not only to stop viruses from spreading, but also because women want to avoid having to put on make-up before hitting the streets. Pop stars, actresses and models also wear them to avoid getting recognized in public and getting caught by paparazzi.