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TIL Michael Buffer makes between $25,000 and $100,000 every time he says,”let’s get ready to rumble”

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0l01 TIL that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s first cousin (Tanoai Reed) has nearly the same body type as The Rock, and has been his stunt double for all of his movies the past 13 years.
jNKjN TIL that Peter Mahew portrayed the character Chewbacca from the Star Wars films for nearly 40 years, from 1977 to 2015. Chewbacca was nearly 200 years old in the films and was inspired by George Lucas' dog.
5Gn8 TIL A language teacher volunteered to teach troubled black high school students French in Watts, California after the race riots. The principal warned him he would “be sorry” but within a few weeks students were speaking to each other in French
vPGo8 TIL that the name of the student organization and high school club Future Homemakers of America was changed to Family, Career and Community Leaders of America in 1999.
nWEPo TIL about the "Zeitpyramide" (or "Time Pyramid") which is a public art project in Germany where one block of the pyramid would be placed every 10 years. The construction of the pyramid began in 1993 and it is expected to be completed in the year 3183.