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TIL Russia is slowly and quietly annexing the country of Georgia by methods such as simply picking up border signs and moving them further into Georgian territory.

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9Ye7r TIL Kiwifruits were originally called Chinese gooseberries, as they are native to China. The name was first changed to melonette, which was unpopular because melons were subject to higher tariffs than other fruit. They were renamed kiwifruits in 1959.
9107 TIL when auditioning for the part of Apollo Creed in “Rocky,” Carl Weathers told producers, “I could do a lot better if you got me a real actor to work with.” Unbeknownst to him, the man feeding him his lines was Sylvester Stallone.
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