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TIL In 2011, Jackie Chan codirected and starred in a film called 1911 to commemorate the centennial of the Xinhai Revolution, which ended two centuries of the monarchal system in China. Chan played military commander Huang Xing and has two battles

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xVm05 TIL Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me" was originally never intended to be released as a single. When Hawaiian DJ Pablo Sato downloaded the album from an MP3 site, he played the song on American radio the next day. Within a couple of days, it was the number-one requested song.
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6EmQl TIL the gold medalist in the men's triathlon in the 2016 Olympics ran the 10k portion in around 31 minutes. This is the same as running a mile in around 5 minutes for six times. The 10k portion of triathlon takes place after a 1.5 km swim and 40 km cycle with no breaks in between.
LQmmp TIL that in 2001 NASA commissioned boy band Natural to write a song about space in an effort to reach a younger audience. The band was to undergo astronaut training in order to perform in space when astronaut Will McCool, who the band teamed up with, died onboard the Columbia space shuttle in 2003.