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TIL Tolkien’s son hates The Lord of the Rings movies
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TIL: There is a Japanese cafe is staffed by robot waiters controlled remotely by paralysed people.
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TIL that there is a hardcore full contact style of Karate called “Kyokushin” which means “The Ultimate Truth” in Japanese where students fight barehanded and have to fight 100 people in a row in order to get a black belt.
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TIL that in the film adaptation of Lord of the Rings:The two towers , the horse that saves Aragorn when he falls off the cliff is the same horse that Aragorn sets free after saying “has seen enough of war”. Also Viggo Mortensen purchased the horse after the movie
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TIL of De Coquinaria, by Apicius, the oldest fully extant cookbook from ancient Rome. It's organised much like a modern cookbook, with sections for poultry, sea-food, wines, and a section for gourmet recipes. It includes a recipe for stuffed doormouse
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TIL I learned test pilot Alvin “Tex” Johnston did a barrel roll of a prototype Boeing 707 - unauthorized - in front of a crowd of 250,000 people at the 1955 Sea Fair hydroplane races. He flew the plane upside down, and then did a final barrel roll. He was not fired the next day, but it was close.