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TIL that Matthew McConaughey has a brother named Rooster, who named his son Miller Lite and his daughter Margarita

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BgvVd TIL Brothers Grimm didn't write "Red Riding Hood", "Snow White" or "Sleeping Beauty" - they just collected the folk tales
Z8oRQ TIL that there's a Jupiter-like planet where it rains rubies and sapphires
7ro8P TIL famed 'The Great Gatsby' Author F. Scott Fitzgerald dropped out of Princeton to join the Army, where he was trained by Dwight D. Eisenhower almost 30 years before he led the allied powers to victory in WWII. Fitzgerald reportedly 'intensely disliked' Eisenhower.
WkZx4 TIL all 50 residents of Pitcairn Islands are descend from the only survivor of the mutineers who seized the HMS Bounty in 1789. The Europeans and male Tahitians killed each other and only John Adams was left with nine Tahitian women, who married all of them and raised 19 children.
yrRV TIL that play testers for the original Super Mario Brothers found the Koopa Troopa enemies too difficult. Nintendo added in simpler enemies at the very end of production, just to teach players how to beat enemies. They were Goombas, and became the most recognizable enemy in the Mario franchise.