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TIL Dave Chapelle’s black KKK character was based on his grandfather (A blind white guy, brought up by a black family).

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KYGbG TIL Miyamoto intended for Ocarina of Time to be played in first-person to enable players to take in Hyrule Field better and let the team focus more on developing enemies and environments. The concept was trashed once child Link was introduced, and Shigeru thought it necessary for Link to be visible.
vJRR TIL after the Nazi’s occupied Warsaw, 80% of the city was destroyed and reconstruction efforts were guided by a series of 1700s cityscape paintings. It was later discovered the painter had made artistic “improvements” … so the rebuilt structures looked different (arguably better) than before.
P1QJw TIL that during WWII, the Japanese battleship Mutsu suddenly exploded at anchor and sank. The Japanese navy investigated and found that the sinking was probably caused by a suicidally disgruntled crewman.
118D TIL that Kevin Spacey, as a young actor, used his skill at impressions to pretend to be Johnny Carson’s son to get free theater tickets and enter nightclubs.
VnnD TIL people of the British Virgin Islands are British and EU citizens but the official currency is USD, and they drive on the left side of the road but the cars are left hand drive