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TIL Samuel L. Jackson was an usher at Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral.

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QKkE TIL that Michelle Pfeiffer actually performed her whip stunts in the film ‘Batman Returns’; the famous mannequin trick was shot in one take, surprising even her trainer (Anthony De Longis)!
Lmep TIL at the Sanjusangendo Temple in Japan there is an annual competition to fire as many arrows through the temple as possible in 24 hours. The arrows can’t hit the floor, walls or the ceiling. The current record is 8133 successful shots out of 13,053 shots, set in 1686.
1jPd TIL in 2016 thousands of people signed an online petition demanding that retired pornographic industry actress Mia Khalifa be named the ambassador to Saudi Arabia under the new American government
bABp TIL Bulletproof vests expire, and most police officers replace their vests every 5 years.
nWylG TIL that National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts is the world’s largest performing art theater under one roof, and cost roughly $320 million USD to build