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TIL there is a reply to “Liar, Liar, pants are on fire.” “I don’t care, I don’t care, I can buy another pair.”

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OGgKe TIL that Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Florida is the #2 busiest single-runway airport in the United States; #1 is the San Diego International Airport. It is also the largest airport in Florida, and third-largest airport in the U.S. based on total area (13,555 acres).
vNBK TIL the cowboy culture of the 19th century is closer tied to Mexico than it is to the United States
vdL TIL J.K. Rowling told Alan Rickman (Severus Snape) secrets about his character and the final books, before they were written, so he could better develop his character.
ANRml TIL about the Kahina. An Amazigh (Berber) queen who ruled an independent kingdom in what is today Algeria. Caught between the Umayyad and Byzantine Empires, she opted to fight instead and died in battle sometime around 703 AD.
9YlLB TIL that Michael Connor Humphreys, who played Forest Gump as teenager, was initially supposed to learn how to talk like Tom Hanks. Hearing this, Hanks sat down with Humphreys and decided that he would talk in Humphreys Mississippi accent instead. He still has tapes of him and Humphreys practicing.