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TIL the word ‘nice’ used to mean 'stupid’.

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LQbKv TIL that when "The Incredibles" was in production, early footage was shown to a visiting Hayao Miyazaki. When asked if he thought it made sense or was just "American nonsense", Miyazaki replied through an interpreter, "I think it's a very adventurous thing you are trying to do in an American film."
Qv1X TIL there was a 3-day Go championship game ongoing in Hiroshima when the city was nuked. The building was damaged and several spectators were injured, but play resumed normally after lunch break and concluded later that day.
px5p TIL Quentin Tarantino’s father abandoned him at the age of two. But after his son’s success as a director, he started doing direct-to-DVD movies with the father of Al Pacino so the movie boxes could say “Pacino and Tarantino in…..”
yN9w TIL the high five was used as a symbol of gay pride and identification
78dW7 TIL that Robin Williams sang South Park's "Blame Canada" at the 2000 Oscar Awards.