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TIL There's a shark-infested golf course in Australia

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EgeKo TIL There's been a debate about Rachel from Friends' last name for decades. Credits and promotional material have it as "Green", but in the show it was ALWAYS reliably spelled as "Greene".
8ex9K TIL Denver, CO has the nickname Menver because there’s so many more men than women for dating
Y4oB TIL inventor Ray Kurzweil takes 150 supplements, eight to 10 glasses of alkaline water and 10 cups of green tea every day and drinks several glasses of red wine a week in an effort to “reprogram” his biochemistry so that he might live longer
MeO9W TIL West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) deemed it unconstitutional to force ordinary citizens to participate in patriotic rituals. The initial case was for refusal due to religious reasons, but the ruling was generalized to allow all forms of refusal.
Dn4J TIL that despite being a minor background detail, the roaches in Half-Life had AI that would seek out food and react to other creatures and changes in the environment