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TIL That Jackie Chan did the voice acting and singing for the Chinese dub of “Beauty and the Beast” (1991).

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PblZ TIL during the filming of A Clockwork Orange Malcolm McDowell suffered cracked ribs when an actor kicked him in the chest; almost drowned when his head was held underwater; and got a scratch in the cornea of his eye. Kubrick said.“Let’s carry on, I’ll favor your other eye”
GYD4j TIL 4 of the 5 richest counties are all in Northern Virginia and the 5th is right across the bridge in Maryland.
M4m0 TIL Astronaut Steven Swanson – a big Firefly fan – took copies of Firefly and Serenity to the ISS in 2007 and added them to the space station’s movie library.
a8n9J TIL that on the Norwegian Archipelago of Svalbard, it is illegal to die or be born. With a population of over 2500, if anyone is close to death or birth they are sent to the mainland.
bLpN TIL That Australian Wallabies have been found to make crop circles in Tasmania after ingesting opium poppies.