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TIL Ghost (1990) was directed by Jerry Zucker famous for parody flicks like 'Airplaine!' and 'Top Secret!' The script writer initially refused to work with Jerry fearing he would turn it into a farce, but changed his mind after dining with him, saying he found Jerry to be "deeply philosophical".

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epnB4 TIL about Abul-Abbas. An elephant sent by the caliph Harun al-rashid ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi to the holy Roman emperor Charlemagne as a gift that symbolized the beginning of Abbasid-Carolingian relations. The elephant died in 810 just as charlemagne crossed the rhine.
WkEnY TIL of a form of debugging called rubber duck debugging, where you debug code by explaining it. The name is in reference to the book "The Pragmatic Programmer" where a programmer would debug code by explaining it, word by word, to his rubber duck.
wodMW TIL that in the Harry Potter films - young Voldemort (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) is played by old Voldemort's (Ralph Fiennes) Nephew.
WkLVd TIL Pill bugs, AKA (Roly polies, Potato bugs, etc), are not insects, but are closely related to shrimp and other crustaceans. They also have gills.
78gkp TIL Genghis Khan’s empire would eventually become the largest contiguous land empire in history.