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TIL Blade Runner (the movie) got its name from a completely unrelated novel, which itself got a treatment by William S. Burroughs, so it had to be licensed from both authors

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d8dj TIL Jack Black was a pilot in the 1995 movie Waterworld
9YgnB TIL Kate Winslet had a chart-topping song in 2001 titled, “What If.”
gMw94 TIL The huddle formation in American football was first used in the 1890s by quarterback Paul Hubbard,who was deaf. Hubbard was concerned the other team could interpret his hand signals, so he brought his teammates into a round formation to call plays.
9edr TIL In Norway they publish their citizen’s annual tax returns online. If you accesses someone’s tax return, that person will receive a notification that someone’s checking on him.
Y78BW TIL that 85% of all Microplastics are Synthetic Clothing fibers (from loads of laundry)