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TIL the song that opens for Blades of Glory is the song that Will Ferrell and John C. Riley perform at the end of Step Brothers.

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ADvg4 TIL that Bakersfield and Fresno were built on top of a former lake, Lake Tulare, that was the largest freshwater lake west of the Missisipi. It was drained for Agriculture after the Civil War, and was completely gone by WW1.
ddLK TIL camels were originally adapted to the arctic, not the desert.
bLVE TIL the eastern part of Laos was so heavily bombed that most people can supplement their income by collecting scrap metal 40 years later, some completely rely on it
bwlp TIL the term “loophole” comes from the name given to small windows in castles, where archers shot at attackers without the fear of being hit. At first meaning a small opening in a seemingly impenetrable defense, the term evolved to mean a spot where the law can be exploited without actually broken.
OW67 TIL James Cameron pitched the sequel to Alien by writing the title on a chalkboard, adding an “s”, then turning it into a dollar sign spelling “Alien$”. The project received $18 million dollars.