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xV0do TIL that Bruce Lee’s son, Brandon Lee, was killed while filming a scene where his character gets shot. A bullet had become lodged in the barrel of the gun and when a dummy round was subsequently fired, the force expelled the bullet and hit Lee in the abdomen. He died a few hours later
OomX7 TIL: the Budgerigar, aka a parakeet, is the 3rd most popular pet in the world, after the domesticated dog and cat
5YO0R TIL in 1976, the team studying a newly-identified virus in Africa didn't want to name it after the village where it was found, so they named it after the closest river they could see on a map, which was the Ebola River.
0dW15 TIL Ip Man was Bruce Lee's Teacher.
ex76 TIL The Filipino flag is flown with the red stripe up in times of war and blue stripe up in times of peace.