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TIL the Swedish word for ‘half-arsed’ or 'not entirely satisfactory’ —halvdan— literally means 'half Danish’

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VM7wZ [TIL] that before Ian McDiarmid Played the Emperor in ROTJ the original portrayal in Empire Strikes Back was an actress with a male voice dubber over.
Y9g7 TIL before South Park, the creators made a short film called Jesus vs. Frosty. A Fox executive saw the film and offered them $1k to make another short (Jesus vs. Santa) as a video xmas card that he could send to friends. The film caught the attention of Comedy Central which led to the creation of SP
xVGjk TIL in 2008 a woman from Ireland died from an allergic reaction to canine semen after having sex with a dog.
xVbN0 TIL In 2015 Joakim Brodén, vocalist of Sabaton, being drunk he bet that he would walk to their next concert, forgetting that it was gonna be at Tronheim, +550km from his position. He ended up walking more than 700km.
6EdvX TIL about asteroid J002E3, which was discovered 16 years ago orbiting the earth. It turned out to be the 3rd stage of Apollo 12, which had come back to earth orbit after going around the sun for over 30 years.