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TIL that in 2023 actress Olivia Hussey and her Costar Leonard Whiting sued Paramount for 500 million dollars, alleging that Romeo and Juliet, filmed 55 years previously, was child pornography.

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J1vN1 TIL the fictional languages in the Game of Thrones series are fully complete languages. Of all the actors that had to speak one or more of them, the person that portrayed the Grey Worm character was considered the best/most talented. He was skilled enough to speak like a natural native speaker.
l7GYV TIL Viruses called Pandoraviruses and some bacteria, were found frozen in 30,000-year-old permafrost (ground that is continually frozen) in Siberia. In 2016 there was an anthrax outbreak in Siberia that killed one person and many animals. It’s thought that permafrost melting exposed the bacteria.
45x5 TIL The Richest man from China, Jack Ma, was rejected 10 times from Harvard
ZwEG TIL Alexey Pajitnov, the creator of TETRIS(1984) did not receive any royalties from one of the most popular video game titles until 1996 as the rights were owned by his employer the Soviet government.
4Dr6 TIL Mexico is named after its capital Mexico City, not the other way around