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TIL; That Peter Jackson director of Lord of the Rings - Built an entire movieset replica of Frodo baggins hobbit hole house "bag-end" underneath his new zealand mansion, and you get there via a secret wine cellar tunnel; Not only that, but Danny Divito also visits him regularly to hang out there.

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0weNv Today I learned that 95% of the world's bourbon is distilled in Kentucky. There are more aging barrels of Bourbon in Kentucky than there are people.
9LLp TIL The eBay secondary market for Nike shoes is conservatively estimated at $230 million which would represent 8.5% of Nike earnings for 2014. Nike is happy this market exists and isn’t trying to stop it because the sneakerheads that drive it spread the Nike gospel better than they can.
Ooj07 TIL Morphogenesis, the math behind for example a giraffes spots or a zebras stripes. This theory coined by Turing found that these apparently random patterns have a mathematic order.
VMVp8 TIL it is illegal in many US states for teenagers to drive with multiple friends
kOAbE TIL James Avery (Uncle Phil) served in the US Navy in Vietnam from 1968-69. He then moved to San Diego to write poetry and TV scripts for PBS and won an Emmy for his effort. He got a scholarship from UC San Diego and graduated there with a Bachelor’s degree in Drama and Literature in 1976.