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TIL that the difference between inland seas and lakes is that inland seas are formed as the result of oceans spilling over onto land during warm geological periods.

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X0gbX TIL the King of Bhutan is known as "Druk Gyalpo" which translates to "Dragon King." Additionally, many Bhutanese people use the endonym "Drukpa" to identify themselves, which means "Dragon People."
97n6 TIL that John Hughes wrote Ferris Bueller’s Day Off in less than a week and went on to shoot the film on what was essentially his first draft of the script.
Me80a TIL Jeff Bezos chose books as the thing to first sell on Amazon because it was the product that had the most individual items.
VBmpm TIL Columbia Pictures refused to greenlight the 1993 film Groundhog Day without explaining why Phil becomes trapped in the same day. Producer Trevor Albert and director Harold Ramis appeased the studio, but deliberately placed the scenes too late in the shooting schedule to be filmed.
epnMb TIL the “New York, New York” song sung by Frank Sinatra was actually a cover song! The original was released by Liza Minnelli in 1977