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TIL Rapper Busta Rhymes voiced Reptar from Rugrats

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NoJE TIL Sean Connery turned down roles in “The Matrix” and “Lord of the Rings” because he didn’t understand the script. He would later accept “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" despite not understanding the project. He hasn’t acted since.
0d6yR TIL that three James Bond movies are among the highest grossing films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in its almost 100 year history
78pJO TIL Dictator Manuel Noriega was allowed by the CIA to traffic cocaine into the US from the 1960s-1980s, until he stopped cooperating with US foreign policy directives. A subsequent US invasion of Panama resulted and he was sentenced to prison.
Bn1k TIL That an African grey parrot named Alex was the first, and only non-human animal, to ask an existential question: He asked what color he was.
lwKr TIL The Norwegian Archipelago of Svalbard is an entirely Visa-free zone. Anybody can live and work in Svalbard indefinitely regardless of country of citizenship.