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TIL that J.R.R Tolkien & C.S Lewis were good friends who had beers together at the local pub, and there's a good chance the LoTR/Narnia books were, at times, being written right next to each other.

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M7kMW TIL about the Grande Seca (The Great Drought), the most devastating drought ever recorded in Brazil. It caused the deaths of 400,000-500,000 people. Of the 800,000 people living in the affected Northeastern region, 120,000 migrated to the Amazon while 68,000 migrated to other regions of the country.
098j TIL that a basic knowledge of Monty Python’s Flying Circus is required to become a British Subject.
loLvB TIL that there is no French word for 'whiskey'
NOrJ TIL: The word Jealousy is often misused: Jealousy means not wanting other people to have what you have. Envy means wanting what others have.
N7LQN TIL of the Palm Dog Award, an award at the Cannes Film Festival given to the best canine performance.