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TIL The European Spanish version of the “Hasta la Vista, baby” quote from Terminator 2 was “Sayonara, baby.”

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E1WoW TIL of Çatalhöyük, which is considered to be the first human settlement. One of it's features is that it was entirely built undergroundm with no actual streets - the citizens would travel on the rooftops and enter the houses from the roof.
91em TIL Some fleas in a Flea Circus were glued to a base of a circus enclosure. Miniature musical instruments were then glued to the flea performers and the enclosure was heated. The fleas fought to escape, giving the impression of fleas playing instruments.
xVexb TIL that at age 35, Harrison Ford fitting a door for Francis Ford Coppola when a studio executive, testing actresses for new film, asked him to help out by reading the lines written for the male lead. The film was "Star Wars".
rRnOM TIL A survey of 500 drivers found that 44 percent couldn't get a passing score on a written driving test. However, there's no limit to the number of times you can take a driving test
e0jJb TIL even though Canada has converted to the metric system, many things such as height, weight, floor area of houses, and more are still measured in imperial units