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TIL The Toy (1982) with Richard Pryor was a remake of Le jouet / The Toy (1976) with Pierre Richard

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oBE4Y TIL skateboarding started to appear in China after an American skateboarder traveled to Beijing to study Chinese in 1986. There wasn't a Chinese word for skateboarding at the time he arrived.
bymp TIL Roman Gladiators rarely fought to the death or against animals and were considered celebrities of their time.
oBKoW TIL that Shirley Henderson, the actress that played Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter films, is currently 53 years old and was 37 in Chamber of Secrets
wLwyM TIL Salvador Dalí had a pet ocelot named Babou.
9wk9X TIL the familiar music played during Final Jeopardy is called "Think". It was written in 1963 by Merv Griffin, creator of Jeopardy, to help his then five-year-old son Tony fall asleep. Since its first use in the show in 1964, the song has earned the Griffin estate over $100 million in royalties.