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TIL Steven Spielberg was thanked more often than God in Oscar acceptance speeches.

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EOnw TIL man’s walking pace slows by 7% for wives and girlfriends but not for other women, and increases if walking with another man.
X0PbQ TIL that author James Patterson helped write the famous Toys R Us jingle.
Jx7B TIL Tesla runs an entire island on solar power. The island of Ta'u in American Samoa used to consume 300 gallons of diesel fuel daily to run generators, fuel that had to be bought and shipped, but Tesla’s solar panels and power packs provide 6 megawatt-hours of energy storage
VBlRQ TIL the "earworm" phenomenon (having a song stuck in your head in a loop) can occur due to the brain’s attempt to fill a gap in the auditory cortex
YAvG TIL The Filet o’ Fish was invented so Catholics could eat at McDonald’s on Fridays.