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TIL Free Willy died a year after being released into the wild

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OAY7 TIL Cancún was made into a tourist destination in 1974 with the Mexican Government investing in 9 hotels. The population in 1970 was 3 people whereas the population in 2010 was 722,880.
EgWYW TIL “tab” on a keyboard is short for “tabulate/tabulator”, (consisting of or presenting in columns or tables).
R75E1 TIL Akira Kurosawa attempted suicide in 1971 by slashing his throat. He had been unable to secure financing for his films, fired from a 20th Century Fox epic production, and considered by many as old-fashioned. His hardships continued until the mid 1980s when he made Ran, his last masterwork.
awwEN TIL in 1954, the Peanuts character "Pig-Pen" made his debut in a strip directly parodying Piggy from Lord of the Flies. He declares, "I haven't got a name ... people just call me things ... real insulting things".
Obge TIL that unlike Newton’s formulation that states gravity is instantaneous, it actually travels at the speed of light. If the sun were to instantly disappear, we would continue revolve around it for eight minutes.