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TIL The movie Waterloo included 15,000 Soviet foot soldiers and 2, 000 cavalrymen as extras. And to recreate the battlefield , the Russians bulldozed two hills, laid five miles of roads, transplanted 5,000 trees, sowed fields of rye, barley and wildflowers and reconstructed four historic buildings.

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WVeY TIL there is a neurological disorder where an individual holds the delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, or other close family member has been replaced by an identical-looking impostor.
4knJb TIL about the 25th Dynasty of Egypt aka Black Pharaohs, a line of Pharaohs who originated from the Kingdom of Kush (present day Sudan and southern Egypt). They reigned over Egypt for nearly a century and restored traditional Egyptian values, culture, art, and architecture (including pyramids).
Z1KG TIL that the name of textbook rental company, Chegg, comes from the contraction of chicken and egg, based on the founders’ experience after graduating from college; they could not land a job without experience, but could not get experience without a job, a chicken or the egg type of quandary.
dvw9 TIL when Adolf Eichmann, aka “the architect of the Holocaust”, was on trial for his war crimes, he couldn’t afford the attorney he wanted. Not wanting any reason to question the legitimacy of the trial, the Israeli government paid for Eichmann to be represented by the lawyer of his choosing.
ADZo4 TIL that James Gunn has a playlist of over 500 songs that he thinks Peter Quill's mother would have really liked and pulls from that list when he thinks a song would suit a scene. Disney has never rejected any of his songs.