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TIL of a disease known as 'popcorn lung.' A respiratory illness due to exposure to a chemical that flavors microwave popcorn. Before most companies removed this chemical, a man who ate two bags a day and inhaled the steam, sued a food company and was awarded $7 mil.

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VMVVZ TIL that Khutulun, a Mongolian Noblewoman made a pact with her father that she would marry the man who beat her at Wrestling and that any man who lost was to give her 100 horses. She is reported to have gained over 10,000 horses from defeating her suitors.
9wQ6G TIL that this one stuntman, Takaiwa Seiji, was the lead-suit (protagonist's transformed form) actor for most of the Kamen Rider series from 1988 to 2020.
8DRK TIL Americans look at mouths for emotional cues while Japanese look to the eyes, which explains why USA smileys look like :) and Japanese smileys look like (^_^)
VDLp TIL Andie MacDowell’s first big break was the role of Jane in “Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan,” but her lines were dubbed by Glenn Close because her Southern accent was too pronounced for her to play the role of an Englishwoman. Ironically, in the original book, Jane was an American Southerner.
QNXyM TIL James Earl Jones was officially replaced as the voice of Darth Vader last year by AI with Jones' consent. The move was made after he told Disney that he "was looking into winding down this particular character." He consented to the future use of his voice with AI to "keep Vader alive."