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TIL there is a 10 ft bronze statue of Robocop in Michigan.

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xGl5 TIL: When he turned 80, Leonard Cohen took up smoking again after a 30 year break, stating “I’m looking forward to that first smoke. I’ve been thinking about that for 30 years. It’s one of the few consistent strings of thoughts I’ve been able to locate.”
9wB0r TIL that in the 1960s, Quebec’s Quiet Revolution saw the government take over schools, hospitals, and Hydro-Québec from the Catholic Church, creating jobs, improving services, reducing Church power, and sparking Quebec pride, nationalism, and a push for independence.
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5N5R TIL: Some of the sounds of the dinosaurs in Jurassic World were made from the slowed down version of tortoises having sex.
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