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TIL that David Tennant told his parents he wanted to be an actor at aged 3 after watching Doctor Who

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M9e7 TIL cowboys have been going to the Eurasian steppe to help the people there restore their cattle-herding way of life they had before the USSR, and that cowboys’ practices ultimately come from that region
OGbA1 TIL in 1971, future Studio Ghibli cofounders Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata wanted to create a feature-length anime adaptation of Pippi Longstocking. They even travelled to Sweden to location scout and meet with the book’s author.
dgGE TIL: Despite many of their most popular movies (Tarzan, Hercules, Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty) coming from the free public domain, the Walt Disney Company actively fights to make sure Mickey Mouse will never enter the public domain.
oENA TIL the world population living in extreme poverty went from 94% of the world population in 1820, down to 9.6% of the world population in 2015.
5eNP TIL Alfonso Ribeira, Carlton from the Fresh Prince, suggested that Will Smith use his real name in the show to avoid being known by his character’s name. Years later, Will Smith is known as Will Smith and Alfonso Ribeira is known as Carlton.