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TIL the final role of Orson Welles’ career came as a Voice Over actor in the 1986 film, Transformers: The Movie.

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9YAQ7 TIL Linda Ronstadt, one of the biggest artists of all time, had trouble getting backing musicians because they didn't want to be sidemen to a woman. One of her backing bands included Don Henley and Glenn Frey, who would go on to form the Eagles, also one of the biggest artists of all time.
Yp1od TIL February 11th is National Satisfied Staying Single Day, it was founded by Thomas & Ruth Roy. The couple has created about 80 "special days".
DrLr TIL that in 2009 Canada passed the “Apology Act”, establishing that apologizing to someone after an incident cannot be used in court against the person who apologized to establish their guilt or liability.
wLdAJ TIL baseball was mentioned in a Jane Austen novel written about forty years before Albert Spalding claimed the game was invented in America.
EnX TIL that, without the Moon, the Earth would spin at a rate of 6 hours full rotation