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TIL - 100% of Iceland’s population has the internet, the only country in the world.

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yVaeJ TIL Quentin Tarantino got the idea for Death Proof (2007) from Sean Penn. One night while sharing drinks, Tarantino said he wanted to buy a Volvo because of its strong reputation for safety. But Penn suggested that he buy whatever car he wanted & then have a crew of stuntmen "death proof" it instead
D1XKj TIL that the Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, Devanagari, Thai, Armenian, Mongolian, Hebrew, and Tibetan writing systems (among others) are all descended from Egyptian hieroglyphs.
N7wRM TIL that on the night of September 10th, 2001, an artist by the name Monika Bravo filmed 7 hours of footage of a thunderstorm from the 91st floor of the WTC North Tower. She took the raw footage home with her that night. The next morning, both towers collapsed. The video she edited is found here:
R5Ml TIL that Sam Lloyd (Ted from Scrubs) is Christopher Lloyd’s Nephew
W709A TIL Vincent Price was "greylisted" under McCarthyism in the 1950s for having been a prewar "premature anti-Nazi", and after being unable to find work for a year, agreed to requests by the FBI that he sign a "secret oath" to save his career.