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TIL the unnamed hunter who kills Bambi’s mother was named the 20th greatest movie villain by the American Film Institute.

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dDyBZ TIL there are other factors involved, other than just the father's xx or xy chromosomes, in determining which type of sperm fertilizes an egg and human behavior may have a hand in how those factors affect which type of chromosome/sperm impregnates an egg.
v1dPL TIL in 2012, China's national TV channel – known for its strict censoring of foreign films – stunned viewers by airing the anarchist film ‘V for Vendetta’ fully uncensored. It included the famous quote: "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."
5Y4KQ TIL that Heath Ledger was developing the novel of 'The Queen's Gambit' as his directorial debut, with Ellen Page set to star before his death in January 2008.
4jea TIL that South Africa is the only country in the world to independently develop nuclear weapons and then give them up: 6 finished warheads were dismantled in 1989.
KOJD9 TIL that during a plague outbreak in Romania in 1813, plague sufferers were buried alive. One undertaker squad reported "we collected 15 dead today, but only buried 14, because one of them ran away."