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TIL Despicable Me 2 was not allowed in China because the movie’s Minions “Too much resembled” the Chinese president, Jiang Zemin.

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vPB57 TIL in the book that 101 Dalmatians was based on, there were 4 adult Dalmatians and 97 puppies instead of 2 adults and 99 puppies. While two of the adult dogs were named Pongo and Perdita, they weren't mates with each other but with two dogs named "Missis" and "Prince", both absent from the film.
bbv9 TIL that hippos often enjoy licking massive crocodiles.
gr5db TIL the "Funny how? Do I amuse you?" scene in Goodfellas is based on an actual event that Joe Pesci experienced while he was waiting tables in the Bronx. He thought he made a compliment to a mobster by saying he was "funny", which was not taken well.
4RRb TIL during the Cuban missile crisis a Soviet Submarine came under attack from depth charges, the captain assumed WW3 had started and prepared to launch a nuclear weapon, his executive officer overruled him. It turned out the depth charges were training rounds being used to signal them to surface.
Ajxa TIL Dick Fosbury won the 1968 Olympic High Jump medal by using the hitherto unknown “flop” technique that he himself invented. It remains the most efficient high jumping technique to this day.