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TIL all the crown princes of Europe married commoners

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P1YjV TIL France charges tire manufacturers a tax of about $1 per tire to pay for tire recycling. The penalty for non payment is $8,000 per tire. This is how you recycle.
kwjg TIL the movie ‘Predator’ was written in response to a joke that since Rocky Balboa had no earthly opponents left, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made.
8aYwV TIL that In 1916 4 people were killed by a juvenile Great White shark in New Jersey (1 of the victims was swimming in a freshwater creek far from the coast)
KO846 TIL The human eye has a resolution of 576 megapixels. 8K UHDTVs are around 33 megapixels.
OdER TIL that due to budget issues, the Lord of the Rings trilogy was briefly planned as one film. Helm’s Deep and Saruman were cut, Rohan and Gondor merged with Éowyn as Boromir’s sister, etc. Upset by the idea of “cutting out half the good stuff,” Peter Jackson left Miramax and went to New Line Cinema.