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TIL Jackie Chan shot 2900 retakes for just one scene.

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JjZm TIL Jamie Hyneman, co-host of Mythbusters, created a robot for Robot Wars named ‘Blendo’ which was so powerful, it tossed bits of enemy competitors out of the arena, and damaged arena walls.
WavY TIL a 1973 Batman porn parody entitled Bat Pussy remained undiscovered in the back room of an adult movie theatre in Tennessee for over 20 years. The film - whose male star is visibly impotent - is often considered the worst pornographic film of all time.
Z8ojQ TIL: The New Hampshire General Court is the largest state legislature in the United States with 424 seats. 400 of those seats are the House of Representatives and 24 are the Senate.
4XwNJ TIL that in 1920 a 4th century lead tablet was discovered in which Silvanus asked the god Nodens to curse the thief that stole his ring. The ring, interestingly, has been identified as one found 130km from the tablet 200 years prior.
QJvxL TIL South Korea mints coins for various other countries including India, Israel and Argentina