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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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VEm TIL The Mexican shrub acacia berlandieri contains trace amounts of five amphetamines, including methamphetamine, previously believed to be human inventions.
BrWKD TIL Chinese students can rent fake parents to meet their teacher to avoid embarrassment
69pDQ TIL that a tablespoon of neutron star material weighs about 6 billion tons.
a8kb TIL Canada has a $300 Gold Coin with a Narwhal on it
lN91 TIL that, in the early 1960s, the CIA coined the term ‘Plausible Deniability’ to describe the withholding of information from senior officials in order to protect them from repercussions in the event that illegal or unpopular activities by the CIA became public knowledge.