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TIL that Quentin Tarantino got the inspiration to use manga comics to portray the gruesome violence in Kill Bill from Indian filmmaker Kamal haasan

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MoK0 TIL that if you can prove your lineage to Italian Citizenship, the citizenship is passed on to you.
gM1W8 TIL Julie Andrews lost the ability to sing due to a botched vocal surgery in 1997
BraPy TIL after his wife was denied water by upper caste people, Indian laborer Bapuro Tajne managed to dig her a well in under 40 days and ended up discovering a water source capable of sustaining his entire village.
AByx TIL caffeine doesn’t really give you energy, it just blocks your sleepiness.
lo6BA TIL that Star Trek's William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols performed the first interracial kiss on TV. At the time polls showed that fewer than 20 percent of Americans agreed with interracial relationships.