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TIL Dave Grohl’s hometown of Warren, Ohio honored him with gigantic 902 lb drumsticks. The massive pair broke the Guinness World Record.

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B9lb TIL that two researchers, funded by the British government, developed a mathematical formula for the “perfect human voice.” The male voices that matched most closely were Alan Rickman and Jeremy Irons; the closest matching female voices were Judi Dench, Mariella Frostrup, and Honor Blackman.
V1B8 TIL Liza Minnelli only accepted the role of Lucille 2 on Arrested Development because she was asked in person by Ron Howard, who she had babysat when he was a child and she a teen
5YXMk TIL that the Canadian province of Manitoba, fed up with Ontario laws restricting the cross-provincial sale of eggs, copied the Ontario laws, sued itself all the way up to the Supreme Court, and got those laws deemed unconstitutional in ALL provinces.
ZaXp TIL America is only the 9th fattest country in the world
Zpydv TIL that the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang had nothing to do with the sound of the car. Originally named after a powerful laxative, official of the race said no. So, an inocuous name was chosen. The name was slang for a military overnight pass, activities that followed.