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TIL that the Elvish language from LOTR is the 46th most popular language studied in the U.S.

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7r8dZ TIL as a child, martial arts actor Jet Li was asked by Richard Nixon to be his personal bodyguard. Li replied, "I don't want to protect any individual. When I grow up, I want to defend my one billion Chinese countrymen!"
PblZ TIL during the filming of A Clockwork Orange Malcolm McDowell suffered cracked ribs when an actor kicked him in the chest; almost drowned when his head was held underwater; and got a scratch in the cornea of his eye. Kubrick said.“Let’s carry on, I’ll favor your other eye”
X0JBX TIL that the "Nuclear Gandhi" bug in Civilization 1 that made the AI super aggressive was just an urban legend and has been confirmed to not exist in the game.
8BGV TIL that in The Godfather, Sonny Corleone cheats on his wife because she cannot handle his abnormally large penis. nsfw
DWJg TIL studies show that teens overestimate how much the cooler kids and jocks are drinking and having sex, and also how much the nerds are studying