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TIL - No matter what language it was translated in, Robin Hood: Men in Tights made fun of Kevin Costner

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jyMN TIL that the tree of knowledge in Judeo-Christian Religion was an apple tree possibly because of a pun. (Malum means bad in Latin, while malūm means apple)
NX9N TIL candle wicks curve over on purpose. This puts the tip just (and just the tip) in reach of oxygen, effectively trimming the wick.
wMlE TIL that Cheech Marin beat both Anderson Cooper (Yale graduate) and Aisha Tyler (Dartmouth graduate) at Celebrity Jeopardy.
xo11 TIL George Lucas hired Harrison Ford to build cabinets in his home, saw enough in him to cast him in American Graffiti and launched his career.
41Do TIL The US founding fathers formally said,“the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion” in the Treaty of Tripoli