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TIL Jackie Chan’s movie, ‘Dragon Lord’ (1982), set a World Record for most takes for a single scene totaling 2,900 total before Jackie Chan got it right to perfection in his eyes

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oD0K TIL that vampire bats will die if they can’t find blood for two nights in a row. Luckily, generous well-fed bats will often regurgitate blood to share with others, in exchange for grooming. This has been noted by many naturalists as an example of reciprocal altruism in nature.
wbrY TIL privately owned stores such as Walmart can’t force you to show a receipt before letting you leave the store. You can politely refuse to show your receipt and continue walking out the door.
OoPVa TIL In 1986 an Aeroflot pilot, bet with his co-pilot that he could land the plane flying blind, he curtained all the cockpit windows and crashed the plane, killing 70 out of the 94 passengers, the pilot survived.
5ObR TIL R. Rodriguez spent only $7,225 for “El Mariachi”. He raised almost half of it by participating in experimental clinical drug testing
Gab7 TIL only the very lowest ranked ninjas actually did fieldwork and went on missions. Higher ranked ninjas, generally recruited from the upper classes, tended to keep their hands clean and acted as administrators taking contracts and meeting with clients.