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TIL a dog named Pickles found the stolen 1966 FIFA World Cup trophy while going for a walk

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6Eegl TIL that part of the reason Neil Armstrong was given the honor of first man on the Moon was that he was more humble than the egotistical Buzz Aldrin
N7ne1 TIL That Mad Max: Fury Road had filming moved from the Broken Hill region of NSW to Namibia after unusual rainfall caused the desert landscape to bloom with wild flowers.
0woJj TIL that brown is exactly the same as orange, and we differentiate both by the things surrounding them.
R7V1Q TIL: In the opening credits of Gilligan’s Island, as the SS Minnow sails out of the harbor, flags can be seen in the background flying at half-staff given that the filming of the show’s pilot took place the week of the JFK assassination.
E1O5p TIL In Quebec, both spouses keep their birth names after marriage and continue to exercise their civil rights under that name, meaning they must use their birth name in contracts, on credit cards, on their driver’s licence, and so on. This rule applies even if they were married outside Quebec.