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TIL Google is now worth more than the entire Russian stock market

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Me8O8 TIL that Jonah Hill asked for $10,000,000 to play the Riddler in “The Batman” (twice Robert Pattinson’s salary), even though he worked on “The Wolf Of Wall Street” for only $60,000
rRM7w TIL that the phrase “May you live in interesting times” is not a Chinese saying and that there are no Chinese sources credited with ever having used the phrase.
v19ZD TIL about the show "I Want to Marry Harry" where the contestants were brainwashed into believing that the guy they were dating on the show was Prince Harry. They even sent the contestants a fake "therapist" to convince them he was real.
6VZm TIL that bronze is generally harder than iron. The Bronze Age didn’t give way to the Iron Age because iron weaponry was superior; rather, iron was more plentiful and easier to work with.
e0Q6J TIL that Quentin Tarantino wants to quit directing around the age of 60 because he doesn't "want to be an old-man filmmaker, making old-man movies who doesn’t know when to leave the party." He is now 57.