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TIL that the fake phone number from “Bruce Almighty”, was actually called by many people who asked “are you God?”. One man with the number was a priest, who would reply “No, but I can take a message”.

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6EQAZ TIL that the poodle is historically a hunting dog, and that its iconic pom-pom haircut is intended to help the dog stay buoyant while retrieving waterfowl.
9wJ6B TIL the American Military’s C-5 Galaxy is nicknamed FRED by aircrews for “Fucking Ridiculous Economic (or) Environmental Disaster”. Due to the C-5 using large amounts of fuel, maintenance, reliability, & cost of production.
R7KWw TIL: Arthur Venditti, an in-house designer for the Parker Brothers, was a fan of drag racing and recalled that the trucks that pushed the dragsters to the starting line had bumpers called “nerf bars”. Thus, leading to the famous NERF name.
058j TIL that 70 years ago, the Army hired 6 women mathematicians for a secret project and they became the worlds first computer programmers.
OooLX TIL Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, still is the only woman to hold two Nobel Prizes, and her daughter also won a Nobel Prize.