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TIL There are multiple Mediterranean seas.

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5VVJ8 TIL “Electric Eye” by heavy metal band Judas Priest was in the temp score for “Toy Story 3”. Before it was cut, the song blared from the Aliens’ car in the opening scene. The song’s lyrics describe a satellite watching a surveillance state, foreshadowing (intentionally or not) the movie’s plot.
b98ja TIL That when he died, Martin Luther King Jr had a public disapproval rating of almost 75 percent
neayd TIL that in 1994, 10 yo Mila Kunis, a Jewish girl who'd moved from Soviet to the US at age 7, auditioned for but failed to get the role of a Russian Jewish girl who moves to America in the film "Make a Wish, Molly".
7pxx TIL that at the age of 62, Wisdom the Albatross is the oldest known wild bird. Wisdom still circumnavigates the Pacific annually and just hatched her 30th child (at least) on Midway Atoll. Wisdom has flown 2 to 3 million miles since 1956. That’s equivalent to 4 to 6 trips to the Moon and back.
rRbK4 TIL that as Pres. Grover Cleveland and his wife were moving out of the White House, she told staff to take care of the place because "We are coming back four years from today." Cleveland won another term and moved back in four years later.