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TIL that Peter Jackson made Elijah Wood perform the final shoot for Frodo in Return Of The King many more times than actually necessary because he couldn't bear to say goodbye

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M7M5a TIL that war has two distinct meanings: as a noun it means a state of armed conflict between different countries or groups; as a verb it means engage in a war.
6EKyW TIL about Ron Hunt, a construction worker, who in 2003 slipped off of his ladder and fell face fist onto a 18 inch long drill bit. It penetrated through his eye and by all means it should've killed him. Yet miraculously it pushed the brain tissue aside, leaving him (aside from his eye) unharmed.
D1aDj TIL in 1791, France became the first West European country to decriminalize homosexual acts between consenting adults
XwQ6 TIL during WWII Canada gave out buttons to people who tried to enlist but were refused due to medical reasons to show their willingness to fight
kwWm TIL That in 1850 only 8% of the people in California were women