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TIL there are over 7000 spoken languages in the world.

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rRQDe TIL Jackie Chan turned down to play the main antagonist "Koji Sato" for the 1989 film Black Rain because he feared audiences would hate to see him play as the bad guy. Harrison Ford and Kurt Russell were highly considered for the main protagonist "Nick Conklin" before Michael Douglas was cast.
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VBEgm TIL about Kim Kahana. He survived a firing squad in the Korean War and later was the sole survivor of an airplane crash that killed 32. He earned a Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars and 2 Purple Hearts. He has 6 black belts in karate, aikido and jujutsu. He has a long and successful career in films.
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