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TIL that Bruceploitation was a practice where filmmakers hired Bruce Lee lookalikes to cash in on his popularity after his death. Some actors even changed their names to sound similar to Bruce Lee

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grOrW TIL of a study published in the British Medical Journal in 2018 concluding that parachutes does not reduce risk of death or major injury when jumping from an aircraft. However, participants only jumped from a stationary aircraft on the ground. The trial is meant as a humorous commentary on RCTs.
VdVm TIL: The educated middle class are now considered the working poor
LkVDv TIL of Dick Assman, a Canadian gas station employee that was propelled to fame by his name. His father's name was Adolf Assman.
oBnAL TIL Jackie Chan was a mere stuntman for Bruce Lee, and Bruce Lee accidentally hit him for real on set. He ended up doubling Jackie’s on-set pay consistently, and even tagged along with him for a bowling game 10 days before his death.
gM6K7 TIL that after losing most of his hearing, Ludwig van Beethoven used bone conduction by placing one end of a rod in his mouth and resting the other end on the rim of his piano, which enabled him to hear music through vibrations in his jawbone.