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TIL that Smash Mouth's "All Star" was first popularized by the 1999 movie "Mystery Men" with Ben Stiller, and the song's appearance in "Shrek" 2 years later was a revival of the hit

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l7Gj5 TIL a Cutting Horse is a type of horse that is bred and trained to separate a single cow from a herd of cattle. Some cutting breeds have evolved a 'cow sense', an innate ability to read and predict a cow's movements
6xLJ TIL that Hugh Grant’s middle name is Mungo. So his name is Hugh Mungo
wMeW TIL that the US Navy used the moon as the first “relay” satellite (i.e. sending signals from ship to moon to land and vice versa)
E1pld TIL that the name for Russia comes from the Finnish word "Rus" which means Swede (as in "a person from Sweden"). Russians originate from Varangians (type of Vikings) originating from Sweden who later became slavicized.
jKRj TIL there has been an ongoing boycott against Nestlé since 1977 protesting their promotion of baby formula in developing countries