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TIL the brand name Rolex doesn't mean anything, but rather is a completely made-up word that the founder thought is easily pronounced in any language.

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M7L08 TIL about Russian Ostern Movies, heavily inspired by American western films, the Ostern Genre was usually set in the wild Russian steppes at around the time of the Russian civil war, a lot of those movies are available for free on the internet
0wpGv TIL that Toto was actually played by a female brindle Cairn Terrier whose real name was Terry. Her grave was destroyed during the construction of the Ventura Freeway in 1958.
x6kA7 TIL: There's a tree in South Africa called the Sunland Baobab that has a naturally formed hollow space inside large enough to contain a small pub, which can accommodate around 15 people
Z8o6R TIL William Hung is a 73rd Generation Descendant of Confucius
awG7L TIL that in 1974, a trainee who failed to become a US Army pilot stole a helicopter and buzzed around Washington DC to demonstrate his skills. He intended to personally surrender to President Nixon, and landed on the South Lawn