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TIL Hamlet has been fully translated and performed in Klingon

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Lwr9 TIL Tom Hanks turned down the role of Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption because he chose to star in Forrest Gump instead
5VwZr TIL that german Rudolf Spanner made soap out of human fat in Danzig during world war 2
7rDop TIL that Japan already had HDTV in the 1990s, way before anywhere else
X09gD TIL in Malta, Pharaoh Hounds and ferrets work together to hunt rabbits. The dogs chase the rabbit underground. Hunters cover all exits with nets. Then a ferret wearing a bell is sent into the rabbit tunnels. The dogs can hear the bell underground, following the sound until the rabbit appears!
YpopW TIL that during the Second Liberian Civil War, Women creatively protested the war by refusing to have sex until the men set aside weapons, and threatened to take off clothes during a peace talk unless an agreement was reached.