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TIL that crocodiles eat stones to dive deeper

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nBwB TIL that after the 1998 movie “The Man From Earth” was illegally shared via BitTorrent, the producer publically thanked the file sharers because it “lifted the profile of the film far beyond the financier’s expectations”, and caused a rise in legal sales
5gRr TIL Jackie Chan is a classically trained vocalist and has released over twenty albums in over five languages, in addition to providing the theme tunes for several of his earlier films and singing in several Chinese dubs of Disney classics
K7o4 TIL that judges are statistically more likely to be stricter in their rulings as their lunch time approaches due to low glucose levels
D1JLj TIL when The Rolling Stones used photos of numerous celebrities for the cover of the album Some Girls, they did it without asking for permission and faced threats of legal action. In response they removed nearly all the celebrity photos in a reissue - the only remaining one was George Harrison.
JYb8m TIL the first thanks giving in America was not celebrated in Plymouth Massachussets, but in Berkeley Hundred, Virginia