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TIL that Christopher Nolan considers Talladega Nights one of the all-time great comedy films and always watches it when it’s on TV

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gB99 TIL Khadijah Williams, homeless girl went to Harvard. She attended 12 schools in 12 years; lived out of garbage bags among pimps, prostitutes and drug dealers. She was accepted to more than 20 universities before choosing Harvard.
OoXaa TIL that a TV news crew were filming on the streets of New York when Flight 11 hit the North Tower, but managed to get only audio of the actual crash.
loB4N TIL that Mithridates VI was so paranoid of being poisoned that he slowly drank small amounts of it throughout his life in order to gain an immunity. When he was captured by the Romans, he tried to kill himself with poison but could not
mwDY TIL more board games are sold per capita in Germany than anywhere else. The country’s newspapers review board games alongside movies and books, and the annual board game convention draws more than 150,000 fans. Its “Spiel des Jahres” annual game award is considered the industry’s highest award.
OGMa1 TIL that the founders of video game maker "Acclaim" named their company so it would be listed alphabetically before their former employer "Activision" and before "Accolade" another company founded by ex-Activison employees. Activison itself was founded by ex-Atari employees based on the same logic.