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TIL in the book version of Hannibal, Clarice Starling ends up becoming Hannibal Lecter's lover in the end.

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ANQBn TIL: The first recorded Olympic champion was a cook named Coroebus, who won the stadion race in the ancient Olympics in 776 BC. The stadion race was a sprint of about 200 meters and was the only event in the first Olympic Games.
GmV4 TIL There was a Parrot named Alex that had a vocabulary of over 100 words. He was said to have the intelligence of a 5 year old. The last words he said to his trainer before passing away were “See you tomorrow, be good. I love you!”
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Vl0D TIL The SS United States, launched in 1951, still holds the record as the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic in either direction.
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