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TIL that Walt Disney disliked the Goofy cartoons and only continued the series to make-work for his animators

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ZpGmY TIL about Father John Huddleston, a priest who helped King Charles II escape England when the King was 21 years old and was also the priest to hear the King's confession and conversion to the Catholic Church on his deathbed
GAJn7 TIL Virtually all dialogue in the movie This Is Spinal Tap (1984) is improvised. Actors were given outlines indicating where scenes would begin and end, but everything else came from the actors. As often as possible, the first take was used in the film, to capture natural reactions.
Y71mB TIL New Mexico was named before the country of Mexico. As early as 1561, Spanish colonial explorers used el Nuevo México to refer to Cíbola, cities of wealth reported to exist far to the north of the recently established New Spain. It became the New Mexico Territory and the state of New Mexico.
Xp48 TIL that the male brain is on average 9% larger than a female brain, even after correcting for body size.
OGMle TIL you can sail in a straight line from Great Britain to New Zeland