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TIL after their characters unsuccessfully flirted in Jurassic Park, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern actually dated and got engaged

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9GeM TIL about Schmidt won Jack Nicholson the 2003 Golden Globe award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama. Upon accepting his award, Nicholson quipped: “I’m a little surprised. I thought we made a comedy.”
69LY7 TIL in 2023 a man collected several discarded urine bottles from overworked Amazon employees, released them back onto Amazon rebranded as "Release Energy" and become a #1 Bestseller
k0OB TIL that the FCC was largely responsible for the demise of Saturday morning Cartoons
Wk0GL TIL that during Prohibition many major breweries turned to selling malt extract for use in baking breads and desserts. It was also hop flavored. One city reported enough was sold each week to make 16 loaves of bread for every man, woman and child.
P1a7J TIL the first ally soldier to step onto the beaches of Normandy during the D-Day invasion was Leonard Treherne "Max" Schroeder Jr. He made it out alive and was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart. He died in 2009 at the age of 90.