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TIL that there’s a man who has been in 692 movies. His name is Frank Welker.

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NPZ8 TIL that orcas killed during harvesting for marine parks were stuffed with rocks and sunk to prevent their discovery
16rR8 TIL that luffa / loofah are a vegetable that belong to the gourd family!
0wxVN TIL that Debbie Gibson, the Pop Singer, was an extra in the movie Ghostbusters (1984). She plays a girl having a birthday party. This was before her career as a musician which began in 1986-1987.
ePYE TIL that James Bond’s creator, Ian Fleming, originally doubted Sean Connery’s casting, saying, “He’s not what I envisioned of James Bond looks.” on top of Connery being Scottish. But after seeing Dr. No he was so impressed, he updated Bond’s bio to where he was given Scottish (and Swiss) descent.
yQ1vM TIL the 2001 film Bend it like Beckham is the highest grossing film about soccer (football) ($76.6 million) and was a career making film for Kiera Knightly