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TIL That The Cillian in Cillian Murphy Is Pronounced Like The Beer, Killian

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lW5N TIL that the MG-42 (german machinegun) fired so fast that human ear couldn’t discern the sound of individual shots being fired, instead hearing a sound described as like “ripping cloth” or a buzzsaw.
AKea TIL Hitler had extreme fascination with the Disney film “Snow White” and kept a copy of it in his private library.
VM1bk TIL that the first TV show that Michael J. Fox was in was Leo and Me. Four members of the cast and crew later caught Parkinson’s Disease causing some to suggest that there was an environmental factor.
P1NoE TIL of Freshwater seals. There are rare populations in places such as Lake Baikal, Russia and Iliamna Lake, Alaska. In 2004, a healthy seal was found on the road in Merced County, California, more than 100 miles upstream from San Francisco Bay and half a mile from the San Joaquin River.
b91Y4 TIL that A Fistful of Dollars (Clint Eastwood spaghetti Western) was a remake of the Japanese samurai film Yojimbo (Toshiro Mifune)