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TIL the bee movie game has barry and vanessa almost kiss

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loadN TIL that Nintendo existed at the same time as the Ottoman Empire. Japanese company was founded in 1889, Ottoman Empire dissolved only 34 years after that.
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lxnB TIL that Sean Connery turned down the Gandalf role in Lord of the Rings. “I read the book. I read the script. I saw the movie. I still don’t understand it.”
xVEGw TIL Halle Berry refused to shower for 10 days to accurately portray a drug-addicted prostitute in Spike Lee's 1991 movie Jungle Fever. She felt sorry for co-star Samuel L. Jackson, "(I played) a foul-mouthed crack-smoking hoe. It’s true (I didn’t wash), ask Sam Jackson, he had to get a whiff of it!"
4XQnN TIL that India’s population is so large that it’s largest minority group (Muslims) numbers more than 195 million making it the third largest muslim country in the world