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TIL with over $8.5 billion worldwide film earnings, Tom Hanks is the highest all-time box office star.

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epAKJ TIL Peljidiin Genden 9th Prime Minister of Mongolia was brought to Moscow to meet Stalin and shouted "You bloody Georgian, you have become a virtual Russian Czar". Genden then reportedly slapped Stalin, broke his pipe, and hinted that Mongolia was considering an alliance with the Empire of Japan.
OGG9X TIL that Czechoslovakia supported Bolivia during the Chaco War in the 1930s
a80ao TIL about the homunculus man, which shows an exaggerated human figure that illustrates the proportion of the brain devoted to the sense of touch in each part of the body.
KOwXE TIL that there is an underground town in the Australian outback called Coober Pedy. Half of its population live below ground to escape the area's hellish temperatures.
DPBP TIL On the DVD for Borat there is a Hebrew language track option, but this is merely a joke; choosing the Hebrew language option results in a warning screen reading “You have been trapped, Jew!