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TIL that the first sex symbol of Hollywood was a Japanese actor named Sessue Hayakawa

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78aOp TIL that the construction of Fort Boyard took so long that by the time of completion it was largely obsolete. Years later it found new purpose as a filming location for game shows.
byJ9 TIL that in 2001, the heavily-indebted airline AirAsia was bought by Tony Fernandes’ company for One Malaysian ringgit (US$0.26) with (40 million MYR) US$11 million worth of debt. He turned the company around and produced profit in a year.
ANYLw TIL A chicken in Indonesia has such a distinctive crow it is used as a foghorn on boats.
b6yga TIL: All 5 of the original Super Mario Bros. development team members have been involved in the development of every core Mario game for the last (nearly) 40 years.
xVAnk TIL the California Institute of Abnormalarts has an embalmed corpse of a 100-year-old dead French clown, preserved under glass in full makeup. “They’re pre-1925 human remains, so we don’t need a permit,”