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LLJ0 TIL the real-life inspiration for Crocodile Dundee, Rod Ansell, didn’t see a cent from the use of his story. His life and marriage fell apart and he eventually developed a drug habit which culminated into a shootout with police officers.
oBayr TIL Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore, established the world's first rocket laboratories in Bangalore during the 18th century. And, in addition, led an economic renaissance which made Mysore the world's most industrialized region with per-capita income higher than The Netherlands and UK!
VM05m TIL that adult women represent a larger percentage (33%) of video game players than boys under 18 (17%).
6Eaew TIL stars didn’t exist until 150-200 million years after the Big Bang
R7Mk6 TIL that upon the death of the greatest racehorse of all time, Secretariat, scientists discovered the horse had a heart twice the size of the average horses.