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TIL: British actors are usually cast in American movies as the villain because we associate the received pronunciation with high intellect and low morals.

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R50Zw TIL in high school, with his imposing physique and mustache, most of Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson’s classmates thought he was an undercover cop.
neyNr TIL that the Kremlin has a division of trained hawks that defend the building from crows. At first, keepers tried to use pre-recorded shrieks, but crows got used to them, so falcons-later hawks, were used. They are easier and cheaper to train. There’s also an eagle-owl that hunts at night.
V4dQ TIL a 2001 study found up to 70% of female high school students in Tokyo had been groped while riding the train
arbJ TIL the average cloud weighs about 1.1 Million Pounds
NXAP1 TIL the boom in mathematics during the 17th and 18th centuries in the Western world is correlated with the development of artillery and the increasing need for military professionals, especially artillerists, to be skilled in mathematics