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YpxWP TIL that Sir Christopher Lee(who played Saruman in "The Lord of the Rings") read the trilogy every year from the year it was published to his death in 2015. He was also the only member of the cast and crew ever to have met J.R.R Tolkien himself.
16wGD TIL that, at least in Britain, many beers are produced using isinglass (dried fish swim bladders) as a method of clarification and are not strictly vegetarian
VBdx4 TIL: Contactless payments such as phones, cards, etc have numerous studies that shows users spend more. This is due to the removal of the "psychological pain" of spending. Users will spend twice as much. Coincidentally, the rise of frictionless payment correlates with rising consumer debt worldwide.
KYM5R TIL,The son of drug trafficker El Chapo,denied in a hearing where he was formally notified of the U.S. extradition request,that he is the boss's son. He is considered the leader of the Sinaloa cartel's production and export of fentanyl.He faces a life sentence if extradited and imprisoned in the US
nWx5P TIL of Columbia, the personification of the United States for over 200 years, and was even the alternate name for the United States. She is the reason for the District of Columbia, British Columbia, etc. She was replaced by Lady Liberty, and was gradually forgotten after WWI.