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TIL that when director Harold Ramis was filming Groundhog Day he filmed every outdoor scene in every possible weather condition so that way when the film was being edited he could make sure the weather never changed during the single day Murray relives over and over again

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WADY TIL that MIT students discovered that by buying $600,000 worth of lottery tickets in the Massachusetts’ Cash WinAll lottery they could get a 10-15% return on investment. Over 5 years, they managed to game $8 million out of the lottery through this method.
8emwL TIL in only two seasons in Oakland, the American Basketball Association Oakland Oaks won 28% of their games the first year and 77% in their second, including the 1969 ABA Championship. The main difference was Rick Barry, who joined for one year after a salary dispute with the NBA’s Warriors.
p8BBG TIL Some Native American Indian Nations believe in a mysterious man, a handsome brave who wears white buckskins, and brings gifts to Indian children. His name is 'Handsome Fellow'.
mxnWM TIL there are more captive tigers in the US than wild ones in the rest of the world. There are as many as 7,000 tigers living in the US either in zoos or privately owned, according to some estimates. That's nearly double the estimated 3,890 tigers still prowling in the wild around the world.
4KB6 TIL that in the movie ‘Elf,’ Will Ferrell’s reaction to the Jack in The Box startling him was genuine. Director John Favreau controlled it during filming with a remote control.