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TIL when auditioning for the part of Apollo Creed in “Rocky,” Carl Weathers told producers, “I could do a lot better if you got me a real actor to work with.” Unbeknownst to him, the man feeding him his lines was Sylvester Stallone.

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e0yw5 TIL that the Canadian province of Alberta has no rats, and it is even illegal to own pet rats without a permit.
Z8MaD TIL that you pronounce the 'T' in Moët as it is a Dutch name, not French
DQePP TIL a German scientist named Alfred Wegener was ridiculed in 1912 for advancing the idea that the continents were adrift. Ridiculed as having “wandering pole plague.” or “Germanic pseudo­-science” and accused Wegener of toying with the evidence to spin himself into “a state of auto-intoxication."
WkDN TIL that the United States dropped from 17th to 47th place, in the Press Freedom Index since 2002.
R7pWQ TIL The Pixar film Coco, which features the spirits of dead family members, got past China's censors with 0 cuts. In China, superstition is taboo due to the belief spiritual forces could undermine people’s faith in the communist party. The censors were so moved by the film, they gave it a full pass.