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TIL the film Shrek was based on a children's book "Shrek!" that was published in 1990

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9w64X TIL of the Rainbow Raider, one of Flash's comic book villains. AKA Roy G. Bivolo, he turned to crime after his full color blindness caused him to be unable to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional artist.
7rBoL TIL ‘Maui’ in Moana is Based off Dwayne Johnson’s Real-Life Grandfather, High Chief Peter Maivia of Samoa
8aWZb TIL: Even though the 5th card is easier to get on a flush (35%) vs a straight (31.5% or less), the odds of getting the first four cards to a flush are nearly half that of getting four cards to a straight. This is why flushes are ranked higher.
BrdEL TIL that on the set of Spider-man: Homecoming, Michael Keaton would troll Tom Holland by whispering "I'm Batman" during fight scenes
woXv8 TIL After Leonardo da Vinci's death in 1519, his half-brother Bartolomeo attempted to replicate his genius by fathering a son by a woman from the same village as Leonardo's mother. The boy, Pierino da Vinci, was raised in one of Florence's finest art studios but sadly died young.