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TIL there are catfish in France which beach themselves in order to eat pigeons

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d8REB TIL that the most commonly used sentence in the Harry Potter book series was: “Nothing happened.”; for The Hunger Games series it was: “My name is Katniss Everdeen.”, and for the Twilight series it was: “I sighed.”
Ypk6v TIL An episode for Futurama in which Fry finds his mother's corpse had been an idea the writers originally set up. After consideration, The episode rewrote Fry to find his dog, Seymour.
VrOm TIL that the US Pentagon will fund Hollywood movies that portray the military in a positive light.
4Xwlo Til that 2020 is the end of the decade instead of 2019 because the Gregorian calendar starts at 1, and there is no year zero.
4XVwJ TIL: Disney World has its own government, allowing the corporation control over sewage, roads, building permits, and many other facets of municipal control in the area. This includes issuing themselves liquor licenses.