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TIL 87% of households in Thailand own a motorbike

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8eAPX TIL Vincent D'Onofrio holds the world record for most weight gained for a film role. 70lbs to play Pvt. Pyle in Full Metal Jacket
ZpV54 TIL that most blackboards are actually green because boards that were black tended to reflect a lot of light, while green boards reduced glare and were favored by teachers who had to stare at them all day.
VBkD8 TIL that Hooters ran an airline that sadly went bust (pun intended)
yVene TIL The human body contains trillions of microorganisms — outnumbering human cells by 10 to 1 in a humanbody.
NP41 TIL that Disney was so eager to persuade Robin Williams for the voice of the genie in Aladdin that before approaching him they animated and lip-synced the genie doing a performance from Robin’s album Reality… What a Concept. Williams was impressed and immediately accepted the role.