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TIL Bob Odenkirk; who plays the character Saul Goodman from Breaking bad, wrote Chris Farley’s “Matt Foley, motivational speaker” character for SNL

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YpGRZ TIL Germans sunk an oil tanker at the mouth of the Mississippi River in 1942 during WWII
8aWRa TIL I learned that both Chinese and Koreans refer to themselves as "Han." However, their origins are unrelated, with Chinese "Han" ultimately deriving from the name of a local river, and Korean "Han" likely sharing the same root as the "khan" of the Mongols and Turks
l7JjK TIL 28th June (and my birthday) is the perfect day of the year mathematically, with its factors adding up to the number itself.
p8lD8 TIL of the term "Nerd Prom" and the three events it refers to: San Diego Comic-Con, White House Correspondents' Dinner and American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
XEoXX TIL Ryan Reynolds has openly spoken about his lifelong struggle with anxiety, noting in 2018 that he carried out many interviews in the character of Deadpool to alleviate his fears.