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TIL Turkish Olympic hammer thrower Tamer Balcı played the role of Tarzan in 1952 film "Tarzan in Istanbul". He was cast for the role due to his height and body physique.

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ZN04 TIL there was a massive solar storm in 1859 that sparked fires in telegraph offices. Were a storm of that size to hit today, it would knock out power grids for months or longer.
x61Eb TIL that the Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer was so unstable, it was virtually uncontrollable by anybody besides the brothers, who had trained on their 1902 glider.
NX8PJ TiL: Douglas Robert Ford Jr. followed his brother, Robert Bruce Ford, into Ontario Politicks
oBrME TIL of the Bridegroom's Oak. A 500yo tree with its own postal address, those seeking love can both send love letters as well as check and reply to those they wish. It receives around 1000 letters a year and has allegedly been responsible for at least 100 marriages.
Kaoa TIL the Disney animated Jungle Book character, King Louie, is an Orangutan but in the live action version they changed him to a Gigantopithecus. Although extinct they once lived in forest throughout India, which avoids the movie perpetuating a geographic fallacy.