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TIL Wolves can be scared away from livestock pens using Wacky Inflatable Arm Men

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p8YPe TIL that Nike lost the renewal of their shoe contract with Stephan Curry because they continually mispronounced his name during the sales pitch and because they used the same slide show with Curry as they did with Kevin Durant, but left Durant's name in the slideshow instead of putting Curry's.
0ZW1 TIL that along with Leo, Johnny Depp has never won an Oscar.
Da1r TIL China owns less than 10% of USA’s overall debt
yQ4Zv TIL that when Samuel Fuller left Hollywood to fight in WW2, he refused offers for desk jobs and instead enlisted as an infantryman, saw heavy fighting, and even liberated a concentration camp. Returning home with a Silver Star, he became one of the most influential filmmakers of all time.
x69d1 TIL according to Rotten Tomatoes, the worst movie ever is the 2001 action flick “Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever,” called “startlingly inept” and “without a hint of wit [or] coherence”