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TIL Will Smith is the only actor to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in the domestic box office

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VMJd4 TIL of the Man in the Iron Mask. An unidentified prisoner held for 34 years, until his death in 1703, who was forced to wear a mask to ensure no one knew his true identity. His cell had multiple doors so no one could listen; if he spoke of anything other than his immediate needs he would be killed.
VBMOG TIL Macedonia changed its name to North Macedonia in 2019
0drp TIL in the 1970s there was a Utopian village in Nigeria where there were no cemeteries because the villagers thought they were immortal.
5VQ9p TIL the Higgs-Boson Particle, aka "the God Particle", was actually called "the Goddamn Particle" by physicists because it was so difficult to detect. Publishers forced the rename, resulting in a confusing tie to religion for the particle which is nearly universally hated by physicists.
mkXM TIL Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’ movie caused shawarma sales to SKYROCKET nationwide