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TIL that Nollywood - Nigeria’s Hollywood - is the 2nd biggest film industry in the world. Bollywood is 1st.

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ne6R7 TIL A bad grape harvest in 1985 led to Austrian wine producers adding antifreeze to their wines in order to lessen the sour taste, collapsing the Austrian wine market.
OGyge TIL: The French in the 19th century developed Canne de combat, a fighting style that utilizes a cane. It was primarily used by the upper class. In WW2, there was a group that would used cane techniques to carry out assassinations. Unfortunately, the last masters of cane fighting are dying out.
rRlKy TIL that the most common recurring minor character on Seinfeld is not Newman, or Frank Costanza. Appearing in 109 episodes, Ruthie Cohen is the cashier at Monk's Cafe, and appears in the background in more than double the amount of episodes as the next minor character (Newman, with 48).
KOr7G TIL pig udders stuffed with salted sea urchins were a coveted appetizer at the banquets of aristocratic ancient Romans, who were also known to fatten snails with milk before frying them. Boiled flamingo with dates was another elite delicacy.
y4l8 TIL as a response to 700 scientists expressing support for God-guided evolution, a petition called “Project Steve” was created and reached 1370 signatures. Only scientists named some variation of Steve were allowed to sign it. Less than 1% of people in the world are named Steve.