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TIL Joe Pesci has only been in 2 movies since 1998.

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kOxym TIL The Quran allows coffee because it defines intoxicants as which “covers the intellect,” i.e., causes inebriation or drunkenness like beer, or euphoria such as cocaine or amphetamines.Caffeine is not an intoxicant in that sense, but rather only a mild stimulant and hence permissible
0wlGy TIL that in 1910, black sailors of the Brazilian navy mutinied and gained control of all of Brazil's large battleships. They then used the threat of bombarding Rio de Janeiro to successfully force the abolition of the slavery-like conditions they suffered under in the navy.
OZ9L TIL: In 1948 the Ford company was offered the Volkswagen company free of charge and declined the offer because it “wasn’t worth a damn”.
X0kjj TIL there was once a Danish chef who spent ten years undercover arranging a fake arms deal with North Korea - and filmed it all
lowva TIL that when The Simpsons is dubbed into Spanish, they use the same voice actor for Sideshow Bob as Frasier uses for Frasier Crane when it's dubbed into Spanish.