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TIL there was a stage production of Road House featuring Taimak from The Last Dragon, and its official title was "Road House: The Stage Version Of The Cinema Classic That Starred Patrick Swayze, Except This One Stars Taimak From The 80’s Cult Classic 'The Last Dragon' Wearing A Blond Mullet"

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X09D8 TIL Heath Ledger directed both of the Joker's hostage videos in The Dark Knight. Christopher Nolan wanted the homemade shorts to reflect the sadistic perspective of Ledger's own horrifying Joker, but it was Ledger's impressive work on the first video that convinced Nolan to let him direct the second
owlW TIL albino redwood trees are unable to produce chlorophyll, however, they can survive because they are able to fuse their roots with the roots of other redwood trees and live as parasites.
x64b1 TIL about 'Mirror-life'. Theoretically mirror life forms should exist but haven't been discovered yet. There is ongoing research into creation of mirror image life and the scientific community is worried about the implications for humanity.
worWE TIL the alleged Goebbels quote "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." has been repeated in numerous books and articles and on thousands of web pages, yet there is no primary source for it.
wLMeE TIL A Canadian teacher used his work issued laptop during a presentation to his Grade 6/7 class and “a picture of female genitalia from an internet ‘pop up’ was inadvertently projected onto the screen and was seen by students and an education assistant"