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TIL that film director Charles Stone III (Drumline) created the famous Budweiser commercial "Whassup?".

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9wYWQ TIL Louis Braille started designing his system of writing for the visually impaired when he was just 12 years old and it was mostly completed by the time he was 15.
9YrMr TIL The programming language Python is named after the BBC show “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” and has nothing to do with reptiles.
wjOo TIL that when Ichiro Suzuki learned the Seattle Mariners were going to give him #51, the same number worn by pitching great Randy Johnson, he sent Johnson a personal message promising not to bring shame to the uniform
VB0Z4 TIL that Joe Pesci and Frank Vincent made a funk song in the 1970s
WkWYB TIL about Cryptophasia, or 'twin speak'. Up to 50% of twins will create their own language, which only they can understand, including made-up words and a rudimentary grammar system.