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TIL Frog and Toad are gay… And so was the author

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nWEo7 TIL both Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix have won Academy Awards for their portrayals of The Joker
DQg6P TIL the title of the 2000 film 'Cast Away' is a double entendre referring to both his status as a 'castaway' on an island and being 'cast away' by his love, as revealed at the end of the film
DQnpp TIL that fossilized lightning or fulgurite exisits and is formed when powerful lightning bolts discharge through the ground, which melts and fuses any nearby soil, sand, rock and organic debris into a singular metallic-looking lump.
WknDo TIL although Nobel Prizes are not awarded posthumously, the 2011 Prize in Physiology and Medicine for Ralph M. Steinman still stands because the committee was unaware he had died three days before the announcement.
8Or4 TIL Michael Jordan had a “love of the game” clause in his contract, allowing him to play basketball against anyone, anytime and anywhere.