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TIL The Rock knew about Bin Laden’s death before most people.

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J119l TIL that in 1983, Hasbro executives travelled to to the Tokyo Toy Show to look for new toys they could release in the United States. After finding a series of transforming robot toys, they teamed with Marvel Comics to create a comic book and animated series--"Transformers"--to sell the toys.
VMBwZ TIL that because some towns in America are so small they have 6 man football teams instead of the usual 11 man team.
aLJb TIL: Homer Simpson Figured Out Higgs Boson 14 Years Before Scientists
kJWK4 TIL China Produces More Steel than the Rest of the World Combined
PYr4e TIL that "zombies" first appeared on movie screens in a 1919 French film called J’accuse. Director Abel Gance used soldiers on leave from fighting in Verdun to portray “an army of the dead.”