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TIL In 2001 that Wilson, the Volleyball from “Cast Away”, won a BFCA Critic’s Choice Award for Best Inanimate Object.

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XEWbR TIL the uniformed bugle "player" at veteran funerals is often simply playing a recording of taps from the bugle
KN8a TIL that since 2010, Randy Quaid and his wife have been living in Canada under refugee status on the grounds that they fear for their lives in the United States, claiming that numerous actors have died under mysterious circumstances committed by the “Hollywood star whackers”.
AlYa TIL that in WWII just 1.6% of the US Navy (submarines) sunk 55% of the Japanese fleet.(Crossposted from r/CredibleDefense)
npwG TIL that the first pregnancy tests on record were in Ancient Egypt. Women would pee on a field of wheat and barley. If the wheat sprouted, it was going to be a girl. If the barley sprouted, it was going to be a boy. If neither sprouted, the woman wasn’t pregnant.
VxYk TIL the D.A.R.E program has done little to nothing to prevent drug use and in some cases leads to an increase in consumption of alcohol and use of cigarettes.