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TIL ‘Sharknado’, a Syfy original movie, received an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

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X0EvR TIL that of the 24 Franklin Counties in the United States, Franklin County, Idaho, is the only one that is not named after Benjamin Franklin; it is named after Franklin D. Richards, an Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
awvQL TIL in 2016, Disney sold the streaming rights for the original Star Wars films to Turner until 2024. Now that Disney is planning to start a streaming service, they've repeatedly been asking for the rights back but Turner has refused every time.
VBkxZ TIL about Chewang Norphel, an engineer who created 15 artificial glaciers in the Ladakh region of India, a high altitude cold desert drier than the Sahara, increasing water access to many villages transforming the lives of thousands. He was called "The Iceman of Ladakh".
M4x0 TIL the average house in the US is almost 3 times bigger than the average house in the UK
6ENvm TIL There are Now 100+ Scientific Studies Showing Cannabis Kills Cancer Cells