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TIL Bill Murray only agreed to Garfield because he thought the script was by Joel Coen of the Coen Brothers, while it actually was by Joel Cohen, the critically panned writer.

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wmp8 TIL on Valentine’s day 2014, an unnamed man sabotaged a special screening of “Beijing Love Story” by booking every odd seat in the theater, preventing couples from sitting together
MJb0 TIL Nazis once bred violent super-cows in an attempt to resurrect the extinct aurochs of German lore.
v1ooK TIL A temple housing a 500-ton statue of the Buddha was commissioned by Emperor Shomu in response to an epidemic which wiped out one third of the Japanese population. Casting the statue almost bankrupted the country.
Z8lBo TIL Actors who have used drugs, visited prostitutes, or broken the law are not allowed to appear on television, movies, or other forms of broadcast (radio and advertisement) in China
VyL4 TIL Anderson Cooper visited two bonobo siblings who have been taught to use English through symbols, they requested that he bring pine needles and wear a bunny suit.