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TIL that the village Sasha Baron Cohen filmed in for the start of the movie “Borat” wasn’t in on the joke. Most villagers didn’t speak English and were shocked to find out what he was saying in the movie. The village isn’t even in Kazakhstan - it’s in Romania. - [4:14]

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