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TIL that Midnight Oil's landmark hit 'Beds Are Burning' was written to criticise the forced removal of Aboriginal Peoples from their ancestral lands.

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XEOL6 TIL Hugh Jackman took a pay cut to ensure "Logan" would be rated R. Since 'R-rated' films typically limit the overall audience that can attend, Jackman's reduced salary brought the budget down to an acceptable place to warrant an R rating.
awYvZ TIL that the actor that plays Carl Winslow in the hit TV show “Family Matters”, Reginald VelJohnson, was only 31 years old when he began playing the role, even though he looked considerably older.
E1x5W If a predator is lurking nearby, a mother mallard will pretend to be injured to distract it from her brood.
oROQ8 TIL birds can eat hot pepper without a problem because they don’t feel its hotness
R5bp7 TIL that Louis IX of France, also known as Saint Louis, was viewed as “primus inter pares” (first among equals) among the kings and rulers of Europe as he commanded the largest army and ruled the largest and wealthiest kingdom, the centre of European art and intellectual thought at the time.