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TIL that the WWI race horse Man'O'War had such a powerful genome that 37 percent of race stakes winners in 1966 were his direct descendants

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bomE TIL that C. S. Lewis (author of The Chronicles of Narnia series) was an adamant atheist, until attending Oxford, when his closest friend, J. R. R. Tolkien (author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy) convinced him to convert to Christianity.
8aX4P TIL that Nathan "Nearest" Green, a slave, taught Jack Daniel how to brew whiskey. He became Daniel's Master Distiller, and is now known as "The Godfather of Tennessee Whiskey." His son George also became a Master Distiller and some of his descendants STILL work for Jack Daniel's Whiskey to this day.
Lg6p TIL: The Big Lebowski has 292 uses of the word “Fuck”, 161 uses of “Dude” and 147 uses of “Man”, all scripted
9107 TIL when auditioning for the part of Apollo Creed in “Rocky,” Carl Weathers told producers, “I could do a lot better if you got me a real actor to work with.” Unbeknownst to him, the man feeding him his lines was Sylvester Stallone.
5WPr TIL Caterpillars can retain memories after metamorphosis despite liquefying