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TIL of film director "Uwe Boll", who challenged the five harshest critics of his films, to boxing matches. He fought and won against all five critics (video of fights in comments). Boll's invitations were also open to film directors Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary.

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yQ8Ya TIL that Joel Silver, producer of The Matrix Trilogy, Lethal Weapon, and Die Hard helped invent Ultimate Frisbee in high school
1a1J4 TIL that Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek's Dutch last name translates to "from the creek"
OGEDX TIL Tigers in the Sundarbans region of India and Bangladesh have been known to hunt and kill humans. Until recently, it is estimated that these tigers got 3% of their calories from eating humans.
Eg9LV TIL that pea crab, tiny parasitic crabs live in oyster and other shell fish, will rub the edge of a shellfish containing a female pea crab for hours until the shellfish opens and allows the male pea crab to enter
nWnLW TIL "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water" by Limp Bizkit is the fastest-selling rock album ever in the United States. It sold 1,055,000 copies in the first seven days of it's release. It broke the record held by Pearl Jam for their album "Vs."