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TIL Chuck Norris was the first Westerner in documented Tae Kwon Do history to be awarded the rank of 8th Degree Black Belt Grand Master, which he received in 1990.

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lkaA TIL that The Lego Movie nailed down so much details to the point they rendered finger-smudge marks and wear and tear that the piece would probably suffer.
LeYP TIL that Richard Harris, the first actor to play Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series did not originally want to play the character due to his poor health, but was encouraged to by his 11-year-old granddaughter when she threatened never to speak to him again if he did not.
pYrvp TIL that out of 400-500 species of shark, the Sand Tiger Shark is the only one known to fart
E1baP TIL in 2014 scientists discovered that trees can both absorb, and emit methane
VBRbZ TIL of Didymus Chalcenterus (literally Didymus Bronze-Guts) the most prolific known writer of antiquity who wrote between 3500 and 4000 treatises. He became known as "Book-Forgetter" since he was unable to remember what he had written previously and often contradicted himself.