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TIL the most popular surname in the world is Wang

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9WGQ TIL When Peter Falk was playing in a Little League game, the umpire called him out. Falk thought that he was safe. He pulled his glass eye out of its socket and handed it to the umpire, telling him, “Here, I think you might need this.”.
p8bBp TIL that more women than men have contributed to our DNA. At some points in human history the ratio is 17:1 that is 17 women reproduced for one man
9w67D TIL up until the 70s, movies were only copyrighted for 56 years. This means all movies released in 1966 (and prior) would be in the public domain by now. Instead, it was expanded to 95 years and one must now wait until 2062.
oBYM7 TIL in 1998 Guillermo Del Toro's father was kidnapped in Guadalajara and James Cameron gave 1 million dollars cash to get him released.
OomR4 TIL: Frank Sinatra recorded a unique version of “Lady is a Tramp” for Ringo Starr’s wife, which the Beatle presented to her for her birthday. It includes the line “She married Ringo, And she could have had Paul, That’s why the lady is a champ”