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TIL that The Time Machine (2002) movie was directed by HG Wells' great grandson Simon Wells, who it turns out also worked on Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and a tonne of awesome Dreamworks films...

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jNvQn TIL 75% of the worlds population is lactose intolerant however, Lactose tolerance is exceptionally widespread in Northern European countries such as Britain, Sweden and Finland, with tolerance levels of 80%, 74% and 82%, respectively
l1AB TIL in 1990, a 15-yo Kuwaiti girl testified to US Congress that Kuwaiti babies were being taken out of their incubators by Iraqi soldiers and left to die. It was later revealed that she was the daughter of an ambassador & that her testimony was part of a PR campaign to sell the war to the public.
nWKRB TIL the character "Mr. Hankey" from South Park was based on how Trey Parker's father toilet-trained him as a child. Trey said he refused to flush the toilet, so his father told him if he did not flush down his stool, which he called "Mr. Hankey," it would come to life and kill him
jX7j TIL That in Sid Meier’s Civilization Gandhi was programmed to be the most peaceful leader. Due to a bug in the endgame he becomes the most aggressive and casual user of nuclear weapons.
k4w4 TIL Will Ferrell did a commercial for the Superbowl in 2012 for free. It aired in only one town in Nebraska.