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TIL The armorer on the Matrix films disapproved of the Agents using Desert Eagle pistols, calling them pistols made for “wankers”

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QJ5Xe TIL Moustapha Akkad produced the Halloween franchise. One of the few Syrians to reach international stardom as a producer and director in Hollywood. Akkad and his daughter, Rima, tragically died in the 2005 Amman bombings.
57mr TIL that by age four, children in “welfare homes” have heard, on average, 32 Million fewer words than children in “professional homes”.
GYZw7 TIL that in 1939, radio station WJSV in Washington, DC recorded their entire 19-hour broadcast day for historic purposes. It contains the only known recordings of a number of programs from the Golden Age of Radio. It is now in the National Recording Registry and is available free, streaming online.
pYJDe TIL when married couple Caleb Roesler and Justine Roesler won the North American Wife Carrying Championship in 2023, they were awarded Justine's weight in beer and given $5 for every pound she weighed.
LkZAV TIL of the Great bison belt. A tract of grassland that ran from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico around 9000 BCE, which allowed the bison to outlive other Ice Age animals and let the animal become the staple food of the Plains Paleo-Indians