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TIL There is a Bollywood remake of Forrest Gump titled "Laal Singh Chaddha"

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rNaW4 TIL Jerry Lawler of WWE fame began a feud with comedian Andy Kaufman, wrestling him and slapping him on TV while Kaufman shouted profanities and threw coffee in his face. Later, as himself in Man on the Moon, he stated that his feud with Kaufman was staged and the two had actually been very close.
oR4GL TIL of an elephant given by Louis IX of France as a gift to Henry III of England in 1255. While living in the Tower of London, the elephant was given a diet of prime cuts of beef and expensive red wine; it was claimed that the elephant died in 1257 from drinking too much wine.
NXeJ1 TIL that the longest baseball game in history was a AAA game played on April 18, 1981 between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings. It lasted over 8 hours and was suspended by the league president. They finished the game 2 months later, and in the 33rd inning Pawtucket won 3-2.
xV99w TIL of an ancient city, Cahokia, which was settled circa 600 AD and by 1250 was bigger than London. The cultural heritage site is located 8 miles from the Gateway Arch, in Illinois. The city was made up of pyramids and large earthen mounds, and “Woodhenge,” which marked the soltices and equinoxes.
yVao8 TIL about Frederick Banting, at 30 he discovered Insulin, and sold the patent for $1 to the University of Toronto. He won the Nobel prize at 32. Over 150 million people today depend on this life saving drug. TIL also that he helped develop the first pilot G-suit.