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TIL Daniel Radcliffe earned £1 million for the 1st Harry Potter film and around £15 million for the 6th

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pYwge TIL that the male satin bowerbird only gets its characteristic blue colour at about eight to nine years. Satin bowerbirds live to for about eight to nine years in the wild.
M7gwW TIL that the first comic movie ever nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars was Skippy, nominated in 1931.
D1X7e TIL that Townes Van Zandt's 1971 song "Delta Mama Blues" is an ode to Robitussin DM cough syrup aka lean
woKGo TIL: France still doesn't recognise North Korea, along with Japan and South Korea.
VMODm TIL about "Fallen Astronaut," the first (and, so far, only) art installation on the moon. The 3.3-inch aluminum figurine was left on the surface by the crew of Apollo 15 as a memorial to 14 Americans and Soviets who died in service of their nation's space programs.