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TIL that the Director's commentary on Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story introduces extra characters and half way through switches to the Director's commentary from There's Something About Mary.

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R5b9j TIL the largest living organism as of June 2022 is a specimen of "Posidonia australis" seagrass (aka Poseidon’s ribbon weed).Spawned from a single seed around 4500 years old and covering approximately 200 square kilometres (77 square miles), the entire plant is connected and shares the same DNA.
QJePX TIL about (US) East coast vs West coast butter
NJjE TIL: The word “dude” first appeared in the late 1800s as a term of mockery for young men who were overly concerned with keeping up with the latest fashions.
b9r49 TIL in 1935, suspected for murder Lloyd Holmes shot himself in the head with a .32 caliber pistol in a boatshed. However, the bullet only knocked him unconscious causing him to fall into the water. He later awoke, climbed into a speedboat, and lead the police on a chase for several hours.
VBdgB TIL that United Flight 175, the 2nd plane to crash into the WTC on 9/11, rapidly descended at an “unheard of” 5,000 ft/min during its final 5 minutes. Flying at 590 mph, the aircraft also banked sharply just before impact, as it might’ve otherwise just clipped the South Tower or missed it entirely.