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TIL: Jean-Claude Van Damme’s epic Volvo split commercial was done in one shot… without practice.

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ENbo TIL that sun sneezing is called Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst Syndrome and not everybody has it
7rj1O TIL the lone Supreme Court justice to dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson grew up in a household with a light-skinned, blue-eyed slave who was treated much like a family member. The slave, Robert Harlan, was believed to be John Harlan’s older half-brother. Even John’s father believed Robert was his son.
kM8B TIL that the PM of Pakistan could be toppled because a document allegedly proving his innocence of corruption was written in Calibri font. Calibri was not made publicly available to the public by Microsoft until a year after the alleged creation of the document.
xDXb TIL: The 2020 Olympics will be held in Japan whilst in the classic anime feature “Akira” the 2020 Olympics were also held in Japan
v1Jo8 TIL that Ronald Reagan was so indelibly type-cast as the 'great loser' in films that when Jack Warner, movie magnate and his longtime employer, was first apprised of the actor's ambition to run for Governor of California, he protested: "No, Jimmy Stewart for Governor. Ronald Reagan for Best Friend."