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TIL Viggo Mortensen and Buckethead made four albums together.

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1aOpW TIL in the 1964 film Zulu, the Zulu king Cetshwayo kaMpande was portrayed by his actual great-grandson
NWX6 TIL actors and actresses can buy their way to an Oscar. They throw money at advertising, promotions and gifts to academy members, and has proven successful for some that otherwise wouldn’t have won.
9YQrB TIL despite a heart condition and arthritis that forced him to use a cane, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. led the assault on Utah Beach, becoming the only general to land with the first wave of D-Day. When his craft drifted a mile off target, he told his men, "We’ll start the war from right here!"
A8yB TIL that the leaders of the UK, France, Italy, and the Netherlands were among those who opposed German reunification in 1989-1990; the Italian prime minister said, “I love Germany so much that I prefer to see two of them.” The Irish and US governments were among the few to support reunification.
yVgWJ TIL that 1,600 people worked for two and a half years to produce 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds (hand painted, fired, etc, in 30 step procedure) for a Ai Weiwei art project.