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TIL Rather than use CGI, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.

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Bgybd TIL Brazilian athlete Adhemar Ferreira da Silva was a polyglot having learnt English, Finnish, French, Japanese, Italian, German and Spanish. He created the victory lap after winning gold medal at the 1952 Olympics. He also acted in 1959 film "Black Orpheus" which won a prize at Cannes Film Festival
OoRVa TIl that Greenland is farther east, west, north, and south than Iceland
b9jL4 TIL the "Nuclear football" is a mobile command center that can launch a nuclear strike to any city on Earth in under 3 minutes.
5YO9p TIL Chimpanzees and some monkeys have entered the stone age.
gr1Vy TIL a kidnapping victim was jailed after he tried to extort his kidnappers. He told them "call me if you want to finesse trial... either you cough up sum bread or sit in the feds for 20 years"