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TIL that the area code around Cape Canaveral is 3……….2……….1

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MvB0 TIL Joe Pesci’s Oscar acceptance speech is one of the shortest of all time at 5 words. He said: “It’s my privilege. Thank you.”
7lvM TIL that in December 2012 a complex systems scientist walked up to the podium at the American Geophysics Union to present a paper. The paper was titled, “Is Earth Fucked?” His answer was: “Yeah. Pretty much.”
9Y70X TIL "Weird Al" Yankovic's song 'Generic Blues' was one of blues legend B.B. King's top 10 favorite blues songs
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