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TIL Brett Beattie, John Rhys Davis' stunt and size double in the Lord of the Rings movies, got the elvish 9 tattoo because the cast asked him to, not because JRD sent him

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K4JB TIL That OJ Simpson is up for parole this year after serving 9 years in prison.
0dZOy TIL that the Disney movie "Big Hero 6" was based on a 90s Marvel Comic. In the original, Baymax was an android dragon with the brain of Hiro's dead father.
xmZg TIL actor Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service) grew up in a small town in Wales called Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch (58 letters)
w6m8 TIL all the different “colors” of tea depend on how they’re processed. They’re all from the same plant.
nevkW TIL that Frasier co-creator David Angell and his wife, Lynn, died on the first plane to hit the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.