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TIL Pattie Boyd was the muse for some of the most amazing love songs, including Something, Layla, and Wonderful Tonight

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yQLrp TIL that The Hunt for Red October (1990), Patriot Games (1992), and The Sum of All Fears (2002) are all apart of the same film series, the most recent of which was Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) starring Chris Pine.
vPdK8 TIL that since 2001 there has been "Palm Dog" prize awarded at Cannes every other year for best canine performance
0d9vv TIL about Saint Josaphat (aka Būdhasaf), a legendary Christian saint whose life is based on Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. His life story tells of how Josaphat, a son of an Indian kind that persecuted the Christian Church in his kingdom, converted to Christianity.
Z8Eev TIL that 3 of the top 5 (and 4 of the top 6) steepest streets in the U.S. are in Los Angeles. I had to make a delivery today on #5, and it was almost surreal how steep it was.
XE8Y8 TIL 1979 LeMans winners bought a racetrack (Road Atlanta) and started landing weed-smuggling planes on the straightaway at night to finance their multiple racing teams.