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TIL that when trying to select a new name for the Canadian Northwest Territories the name Bob came in second place in the top choices

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BrPLx TIL that the movie Serpico was filmed in reverse, and Al Pacino had to be shaved as the shooting progressed. Pacino started with long beard and hair. He was shaved to a mustache, and then eventually his hair was cut, and he was clean-shaven for the beginning of the film.
16WWP TIL that Pennsylvania once had Moose, Cougars, and a few other animals that use to call this patch of land home.
9wAdQ TIL in the 1987 movie Robocop, the city hall building of Dallas, Texas was used as OCP headquarters. Matte paintings were used to make the building appear taller.
aw0bb TIL that in 1997 three boys in war- torn Sierre Leone were on the brink of starvation, when they spotted a single yam under a tree. They desperately went to dig it up, but when they did they discovered a 100 carat diamond underneath.
XEQnD TIL that there is a company attempting to heal aging and noise-related permanent hearing loss by utilizing the same regenerative properties naturally found in our intestines