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TIL: Robin Williams took a huge pay cut to voice the Genie in Aladdin, if certain conditions were adhered to. Disney reneged on the promise and later apologised to him with the gift of a Picasso painting.

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eMPg TIL James Joyce’s grandson, Stephen Joyce, as executor of his grandfather’s estate would sue anybody who attempted to write about, quote, recite, display, or perform any of James Joyce’s work or personal effects and effectively halted any scholarly research on any of James Joyce’s work for decades.
m10eE TIL There is a community in Japan that is closely tied with the North Korean regime. They operate 60 of their own schools with portraits of the North Korean leaders in every classroom as well as banks and a university.
91BM TIL the Troll A Platform, a natural gas platform in the middle of the Troll Gas Field off the coast of Norway, is the tallest and heaviest structure ever moved to another position, relative to the surface of the Earth, and is among the largest and most complex engineering projects in history.
yQ5ol TIL that James and Oliver Phelps were not actually ginger but dyed their hair for 10 years while playing Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter films.
9YK7m TIL the red-whiskered bulbul is native to tropical parts of Asia, but the bird has also established itself on other continents including many Pacific islands. In Florida they feed on fruits and berries of as many as 24 exotic fruit plants including loquat aiding in its dispersal and propagation.