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TIL of the Taylor Energy Oil Spill, the an oil spill that has been going on for 12+ years in the Gulf and will soon surpass the BP Spill in size

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4OwX TIL Samuel L. Jackson got rid of his stutter by developing an affinity for the word “motherfucker”
BrGZD TIL the First Portuguese Republic, which lasted from 1910 to 1926, went through 44 prime ministers in those 16 years. That averages out to a new government every 4 1/2 months.
W7xld TIL before his comedy career, Chevy Chase was a drummer in a group with Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, who would later go on to form Steely Dan.
eMWL TIL George Lucas originally planned to make a sci-fi film called “Space Pirates 9000” but William Friedkin urged him to change the name to “Star Wars”
J1144 TIL that your inner nose swells while having sex and is called Honeymoon Rhinitis.