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TIL That John Williams and Stephen Spielberg met in 1972 after Spielberg got a Universal executive to arrange for their meeting. Williams, charmed by Spielberg's enthusiastic personality, agreed to work with him, cementing one of the best known film and music partnerships.

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0dNZp TIL - The Royal mail has its own Police force which is the oldest recognised criminal investigation force in the world.
e0xRk TIL the term "ass clown" was coined by, and has become a part of our lexicon, courtesy of the movie Office Space
Rp8a TIL that the United States experiences 75% of the worlds known tornadoes
4XJ5a TIL that when the first white man came back to describe Yellow Stone and consequentially its geothermal features, his report was considered fictional. The same also happened for the second non-native.
kOQo7 TIL Ronald Regan used the slogan "Lets make America great again" in his 1980 presidential campaign.