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TIL that Jane Fonda, two time Academy Award winner, activist, and former fashion model was named after the third wife (1536/7) of King Henry VIII , Jane Seymour, to whom she is distantly related on her mother's side.

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LPl9 TIL that the plural of octopus is ‘octopuses’ or 'octopodes.’ The word 'octopi’ is actually incorrect.
Jo5Q TIL of Salty and Roselle, two separate guide dogs who were in the World Trade Centre during 9/11. They were on the 71st and 78th floor of Tower 1 respectively. They each led their owners safely out of the burning tower amidst the chaos, and both owners and dogs survived.
4kBD5 TIL that swinging our arms when walking makes us spend less energy and walk faster than if we tried to hold them still.
ovm8 TIL The Philadelphia Police Department fired over 10,000 rounds and dropped a bomb on a house in West Philly on May 13, 1985. The bomb caught fire and burned down 65 homes, anyone attempting to escape the fire was shot at by police. 6 adults and 5 children were killed, only 2 people survived.
QJlna TIL that the Hoover damn contains enough concrete to pave a 16-foot-wide, 8-inch-thick road from San Francisco to New York City