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TIL that Verne Troyer was born Amish

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e0Ykn TIL in the “The Wizard Of Oz” movie, the Tin Man cried chocolate syrup instead of actual machine oil as the oil didn’t show up well on film
ANaAo TIL The seemingly nonsense phrase 'Fee-fi-fo-fum' from the Giant in Jack and the Beanstalk is likely a sentence in ancient Gaelic meaning "Behold food, good to eat, sufficient for my hunger!" The phrase is atleast several hundred years old and is referenced by Nashe and Shakespeare.
9Yr9Q TIL The RAC have a function in their vans that transforms into a towing device or a complete trailer to recover vehicles.
1Vm7 TIL In the ‘80s, a Welsh farmer grew so fed up with RAF flying so low over his house that he painted “Piss Off Biggles” in giant letters on the roof of his barn. This prompted the RAF to use the barn as a navigational landmark although flying higher to respect his wishes.
X0E6E TIL that while Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett were born less than one month apart, Garnett was two years behind Duncan in High School