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TIL Michelle Rodriguez answered a casting call ad in a newspaper and in her first audition ever got the lead role in Girlfight. She has been in at least one movie every year since.

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8eb9P TIL that Norway once knighted a penguin. Sir Nils Olav, a king penguin, serves as the official mascot and colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King’s Guard. He has been promoted several times and even inspected the troops!
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1aLBX TIL that the reason that the anime Paranoia Agent had a bombastic and energetic opening is because its creator, Satoshi Kon, was well aware that his anime was being viewed at night. The opening would grab your attention and then the soft ending would lull you to sleep.