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TIL the actor that played King Joffrey in GOT doesn't really like the book, care for show, and actually quit acting for some time

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8e708 TIL that the 'franca' in "lingua franca" isn't a reference to French but instead to 'the Franks', or western Europeans. The term comes from from a pidgin language used in the eastern Mediterranean, comprised of words from Italian, Occitan, Greek, Turkish, Arabic, and Slavic
j5Np TIL a Canadian-based company, as a joke, started selling canned fresh air, but the product became lucrative when marketed in China. They package compressed air from the Rocky Mountains into aluminum cans that sell for $10-$20 each.
mdOR TIL there is a bar in Brooklyn where the legal drinking age is 25 years old, because “Young people are annoying”
81nK TIL that polar bears have been known to cover their noses with their paws whilst hunting, in an attempt to blend in with their surroundings.
wLpl8 TIL Back in 2000, James Cameron discussed filming at International Space Station with Tom Cruise. When Cameron asked "...somebody’s gotta train us as engineers.’ Tom Cruise said, ‘No problem, I’ll train as an engineer.’