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TIL in “Team America”, originally, Matt Damon was going to be portrayed as intelligent and articulate, but when they saw the puppet, they noted that it made him “look retarded” and decided to portray him as such.

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4Ye6 TIL that warriors on the Pacific Island of Kiribati fought with porcupinefish helmets and wooden swords lined with shark’s teeth.
ANpKl TIL that in 1991, U.S. Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Mike Basham learned that Salomon trader Paul Mozer had been submitting false bids in an attempt to purchase more treasury bonds than permitted by one buyer during the period between December 1990 and May 1991. Salomon was fined $190 million.
0dXjv TIL the spade-toothed whale, the rarest species of beaked whale, was only known from skull remains until two individuals were beached in New Zealand in 2012. It has never been seen alive.
4kPxJ TIL in the late 1970s, networks, magazines, and religious groups voiced outrage about a new ABC show, condemning it for sexuality, violence and perversion. That show was the sitcom "Soap".
PdEJ TIL the city of Glasgow spends £10,000 a year removing traffic cones from the head of Duke of Wellngton statue.