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TIL Eric Idle, of Monty Python, wrote a science fiction novel about a robot trying to understand human comedy.

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1XvW TIL During the casting of Kung Fu Hustle, Yuen Qiu who did not audition, was spotted, during her friend’s screen test smoking a cigarette with a sarcastic expression on her face, which won Yeun the part of The Landlady Of Pig Sty Alley.
ZDDv TIL Muhammad Ali, being refused a hamburger and told, “We don’t serve negroes”, replied, “That’s OK. I don’t eat ‘em.”
4baX TIL Alan Turing, the father of the computer, ran a 2.46 marathon, only 11 minutes slower than that year’s olympic gold medal time
m1ELv TIL that following an Asiana airline crash in 2012, a summer intern working at the NTSB "confirmed" the names of the flight crew to a local TV news station as Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, and Bang Ding Ow. The intern and 3 producers from the station were later fired
oRxG7 TIL that the Moon is one of the dullest objects in the solar system, and if Neptune's moon Triton was in its place it would appear 7 times brighter