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TIL all the dogs that have played Lassie are descended from the original actor, Pal

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awJ4J TIL the longest UN speech in history was delivered by Indian Defense Minister Krishna Menon in 1957. Defending India's stand on Kashmir, the speech lasted eight hours and ended with his collapse and hospitalization due to exhaustion
78DBO TIL that Eva Marie Saint, the Hollywood Beauty who starred in North By Northwest and On The Waterfront is 100 years old.
oa4Y TIL that because a country is limited to four female competitors across seven weight classes at the Olympics, the Chinese qualification competition is more competitive than the Olympics itself
Eg7M7 TIL the word for geyser is derived from Geysir, the oldest known periodically erupting hot spring in Iceland
MeYOm TIL It is Illegal in the US to Grow Wheat in Your Backyard.