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TIL that even though apes have learned to communicate with humans using sign language, none have ever asked a human a question.

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BrvPK TIL: Klaus Kinski was described as 'one of the greatest actors of the century, but he was also a monster and a great pestilence' who caused filmaker Werner Herzog to try to murder him. Spielberg offered Kinski the lead in Indiana Jones, to be told 'This script is a yawn-making, boring, pile of shit'
JpRv TIL that the star and crescent on the Turkish flag are unrelated to Islam. Instead, they represent the ancient Turkic sun and moon deities, Gün Ana and Ay Ata.
awKGL TIL Japan has an almost forgotten indigenous people, the Ainu and they were only legally recognised as an indigenous people of Japan in 2019.
9YQpX TIL In their most productive week, the Pixar team animated 3½ minutes of the film Toy Story (1995)
plRe TIL that in 1898 a novella was published about a fictional ocean liner called “Titan”, which sank in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. In the novel there were not enough lifeboats for passengers, and it also sank in April, as the real Titanic did 14 years later.