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TIL the most translated book after the Bible is The Little Prince

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X00Jk TIL A Stunt Pilot Died Filming 'Top Gun' [1986] in the Same Flat Spin That Almost Killed Maverick
DQP7V TIL that “You’re a mean one, Mr Grinch” was sung by the voice of Tony the Tiger - Thurl Ravenscroft
VMAdQ TIL while shooting for Deliverance (1972), Burt Reynolds insisted on doing a stunt by himself instead of a dummy. During the stunt, he got injured and his clothes came off. Waking up in hospital, he asked the director what it looked like, who said, "It looked like a dummy falling over a waterfall.'
8e7WK TIL that the 188 tallest mountains on earth are in Asia. The 189th tallest, Aconcagua, is in Argentina.
4kkRX TIL About retired South Korean boxer Byun Jung-il who lost his bantam weight match at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. Upset by the loss he refused to leave the ring for over an hour to the point that officials turned out the lights in the auditorium until he left.