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TIL that LMFAO are an uncle and nephew duo

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gJAb TIL that China has a limit of 34 Hollywood movies imported per year. This is why movie directors try to protagonise China in their movies to try and get their movie into one of the 34 (eg The Martian where China helps NASA).
QJM1p TIL that all three Axis Powers, Germany, Japan, and Italy, were each supposed to host the 1936, 1940, and 1944 Winter Olympics respectively. Only Germany got the chance as both Japan and Italy’s Olympic opportunity were canceled due to the Second World War.
nepdb TIL that Kate Bush, global art rock icon (e.g., 1978 hit "Wuthering Heights"), is pretty much unknown in the United States, despite her incredible success in the rest of the world (everyone of her albums having gone platinum in the UK) .
G4NN TIL the first webcam was created to help people working in other parts of a building avoid pointless trips to an empty coffee pot.
0nKL TIL if a professional wrestler really gets injured during a match the referee will raise his arms over his head into an “X” shape to signal to backstage officials and paramedics that something is legitimately wrong.