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TIL the Philippines consists of 7,641 islands

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OgOe TIL that twin brothers separated at birth and reunited 39 yrs later lived almost parallel lives. Both were named James, both owned a dog named Toy, both had married twice; first to women named Linda and second to women named Betty. Both drove Chevys, smoked Salem cigarettes and drank Miller Lite.
AD1B TIL that Anthony Hopkins prepared for his role as Hannibal Lector by imitating Katherine Hepburn’s warble, and never blinking when he talked to match tapes he watched of Charles Manson.
dDlkr TIL the longest U.S. rivers that don’t flow to the ocean are Utah’s 385-mile Sevier River, which ends in the dry Sevier Lake, and the 350-mile Bear River, which starts in Utah, flows through Wyoming and Idaho, and returns to Utah to empty into the Great Salt Lake.
epDvg TIL almonds, cashew, walnuts, pecans, macadamia nuts, and brazil nuts are not true nuts
lBOr TIL That many biblical scholars think that “In the beginning…” actually refers to the beginning of God’s reign because of Hebrew grammar and the other instances of the phrase.This would mean that God created everything with materials which were already in existence.