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TIL that Dwayne Johnson’s beard in the movie Hercules was made of yak testicle hair.

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QJNMM TIL that 6 of the 7 highest opening weekends of all time belong to Disney movies
x6p4g TIL about the 'Loudness War' - beginning in the 1980s and peaking in the early 2000s, music producers and broadcasters increased the audio levels of albums and radio stations. As a result of consumer complaints, US legislators passed the CALM act which mandated maximum broadcast sound levels.
Wk1N9 TIL on the DVD release of Borat, there is a language option for Hebrew, but choosing it only results in a warning screen reading "You have been trapped, Jew!"
WBZo TIL bald eagles build the largest nests of any bird; the largest nest ever found was 10 feet wide and 20 feet deep (3m x 6m) and weighed more than 2 tonnes!
PYZxg TIL Roughly four thousand years ago an Ancient Egyptian official, Baqet III, had depictions of jugglers engraved within his tomb.