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TIL The "Burly Brawl" fight sequence in The Matrix Reloaded cost $40 million

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avxy TIL that eating meat, in a way, is responsible for us humans having a big brain, and that its hypothesized that if gorillas ate meat too, that after many years, they could be as advanced as we were in more primitive times.
Wk5wA TIL the massive cannons used by the Ottomans to besiege and capture Constantinople in 1453 were again bought out for a bombardment against the Royal Navy, almost 400 years later, in 1807
R7XY7 TIL that Lord Krishna (Hinduism) changed himself to his feminine form Mohini and slept with Aravan who sacrificed himself in the war and granted three wishes. It is from Aravan’s lineage after his association with Krishna’s female form that the transgenders are said to have been born.
9KNX TIL A fighter jet pilot shot his own plane down by flying into his own bullets
APn7 TIL that the Mona Lisa has no clearly visible eyelashes or eyebrows. In 2007, an engineer used high resolution scans to show the painting was originally painted with clearly visible eyebrows or eyelashes and they gradually disappeared over time, possibly because of overcleaning.