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TIL that the Dothraki language was designed to sound like Arabic to the untrained ear, or a mix between Spanish and Arabic to anyone who knows Arabic.

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wLXdP TIL that the figure in "The Scream" isn't actually screaming; he's listening to a scream passing through nature.
J1PrB TIL that the US Mullet Championships is the largest competition in the world in terms of the number of applicants: upwards of 1,000 each year
0wOlL TIL that after the famous "More Cowbell" SNL sketch with Christopher Walken ended with "RIP Gene Frenkel" on the screen (underneath Will Ferrell's character), fans have often expressed their sympathies to Blue Öyster Cult over his death, believing the fictional cowbell-shredding artist was real.
npwo TIL that the lightsaber Samuel L Jackson used in the Star Wars movies had the words “bad motherfucker” engraved into it.
EgpD7 TIL that Sean 'Diddy' Combs has changed his professional name numerous times. First performing as Puffy in 1995, he's also called himself Puff Daddy, Puff, P. Diddy, Sean John (his given name), Swag, Diddy, Love, and Brother Love