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TIL Mike Tyson’s first fight as a kid was with a bigger kid who pulled off the head of one of Tyson’s pigeons.

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5Zkp TIL flim critic Roger Ebert was quoted saying “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments. One of these involves a dog-like robot humping the leg of the heroine. Such are the meager joys of this film.“
N7Nr1 Today I Learned about Native American Trail Trees, which served as trail markers for important sites. This was done by bending saplings in 90 degree angles. As the tree continues to grow it retained this “N” shape. Thus permanently marking the trail.
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w9a6 TIL that adult Ms. Piggy has never been voiced by a female (Only the Baby version was voiced by a female)
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