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TIL Ben Affleck is Fluent in Spanish

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6EKNY TIL that in the 1904 Olympics marathon various competitors were high and/or mildly poisoned, a competitor came out in 4th after stopping to eat apples and take a nap, and the first black African to compete in the Olympic games ran 2 kilometers out of the course because he was being chased by dogs.
5YX8R TIL that production of “No Country for Old Men” in Marfa, Texas was shut down for a day because of smoke drifting over from the nearby set of “There Will Be Blood”
N7MPN TIL more than 40,000 people apply to visit the extreme haunted house McKamey Manor every year. In two decades, nobody has ever completed the haunt.
ANYyo TIL people who learn to drive as teenagers during gas price shocks like the oil crises of the 1970s drive less even 20 years later in life
Xllk TIL Bill Murray Actually Bowled The 3 Tournament Winning Strikes At The End Of Kingpin