TIL Elijah Wood revealed in a 2021 interview that he still hadn't finished reading The Lord of the Rings
Esquire
Elijah Wood Will Be Frodo Forever, But He Still Hasn
"It
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TIL the best-selling movie in the United States across all physical home video formats is The Lion King (1994) with 48.5 million combined copies sold (VHS - 32m, DVD - 11.9m, BD - 3.68m, other - 920K ), earning $852 million in revenue.
List of best-selling films in the United States - Wikipedia
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TIL that there is a Tug of War International Federation and that tug of war is an ancient sport. #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qxz9fo/til_that_there_is_a_tug_of_war_international/ image
TIL mammals default body template is FEMALE, only when sex hormones kicks during development is gender set. That happens after the nipples are formed which is why MEN have nipples
Verywell Health
Why Do Men Have Nipples?
Explore the evolutionary and genetic reasons for male nipples and the unique roles they play in male physiology.
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TIL that there's a 25-year-long wait list to bring a car into Catalina Island.
Santa Catalina Island (California) - Wikipedia
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TIL that for about 500 years, a made-up dude named Prester John drove medieval Europeans to explore (and exploit) lands around the world.
Prester John - Wikipedia
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TIL: In 1983, Vivian Blaine became the first celebrity to record public service announcements for AIDS-related causes. She was also heavily involved in supporting the then-fledgling APLA (AIDS Project Los Angeles). She recorded her cabaret act for AEI Records and donated its royalties to the APLA.
Vivian Blaine - Wikipedia
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TIL that the great Maurice Ravel wrote his most famous piece, BolΓ©ro, while probably suffering from the first symptoms of a fatal neurodegenerative disease. Some researchers believe that the revolutionary repetitive structure and obsessive focus on timbre were a result of left hemisphere damage https://www.npr.org/2004/04/23/1848385/ravels-bolero-a-product-of-dementia #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qxxcce/til_that_the_great_maurice_ravel_wrote_his_most/ image
TIL about the "McEmbassy." Every McDonald’s in Austria has a 24-hour hotline to the US Embassy to help American travellers who are in distress or have lost their passports.
If you lose your passport in Austria, head for McDonald
Every McDonald
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TIL MG was acquired by a Chinese company 19 years ago; Geely Holding Group owns Volvo
NBC News
MG Rover sold to Chinese automaker
Administrators for MG Rover Group Ltd. said Friday that the collapsed British automaker has been bought by Chinese carmaker Nanjing Automobile (Gro...
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