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TIL that California is named after a fictitious island described in a series of 16th century Spanish romance novels. The island was described as being inhabited by beautiful black women who wore gold armor and fought alongside Muslims

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nQXP TIL Jake Perry has been the owner of two consecutive holders of the record for oldest domestic cat ever. Creme Puff lived to 38 years old, the equivalent of 165 human years. 1/3 of Perry’s cats have lived past 30.
6EDj8 TIL the number of stay-at-home dads in the US actually dropped after 2010 - it went from 2.2 million in 2010 to 2 million in 2014.
4XyM5 TIL Bruce Willis appearance on Friends "came from a bet he made with Matthew Perry on the set of their film Whole Nine Yards" and that he would appear for free.
0wpeL TIL in the 1970s when John Williams first demonstrated the two-note "Jaws" danger theme to director Steven Spielberg, he laughed, thinking it was a joke. Spielberg later said the movie would have been only half as successful without Williams.
v6aj TIL the U.S. sells more weapons to Pakistan than it sells to Britain or South Korea