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TIL There are more speakers of a language called Kannada than the population of Canada.

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KO4ew TIL Stephen King sells the rights to some of his short stories for just $1, allowing aspiring filmmakers and students to adapt them into movies. This arrangement is known as the Dollar Baby.
4kx8a TIL That in 1977 they made a gender-reversed version of the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life called "It Happened One Christmas"; however, the film became largely forgotten once It's a Wonderful Life began to air on television again a year or two after the remake's release.
OG1Bg TIL the bald eagle was long considered the national bird of the USA, but it was officially designated as the national bird only in 2024.
90J6 TIL both Huey and Riley from The Boondocks are both voiced over by the same actress Regina King.
6OwY TIL that “in comparison to Android users… iPhone owners are more likely to be female, younger, and increasingly concerned about their smartphone being viewed as a status object” and display “lower levels of Honesty–Humility and higher levels of emotionality.”