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woZjW TIL that Tagalog, the language of the Philippines, contains a large number of loanwords from the indigenous languages of Central and South America. Since the regions were all under Spanish control at some point, the words spread through trade and migration.
bEP7 TIL that in preparing for “Tootsie,” Dustin Hoffman had an epiphany when he realized that although he found his female character interesting, he would not have spoken to her at a party because she was not beautiful and that as a result he had missed out on many conversations with interesting women.
kOkOB TIL that Guinea worm disease (Dracunculiasis) is likely to be the first parasitic disease to be globally eradicated, and that treatment by slowly extracting the nematode by wrapping it around a stick hasn't fundamentally changed since at least 1550 BCE as described in an Egyptian medical papyrus
nWXlP TIL that the UK Tax code has over 10 million words and is about 12 times the length of the Complete Works of Shakespeare (880,000 words) or nine times the length of all the Harry Potter books combined (1.1 million words).
e0rRD TIL James Cameron was in the works on writing and directing a Spider-Man flick (starring Leonardo Dicaprio, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Maggie Smith) in the mid 90s. The script was grittier than the later versions and included a full sex scene with Mary Jane on the Brooklyn Bridge.