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TIL actor John Hurt played polar opposite roles in both 1984 and V for Vendetta, first as Winston, the protagonist being oppressed by Big Brother in 1984, and then as High Chancellor Sutler, the Big Brother-like oppressor in V for Vendetta.

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7rkZp TIL the average gamer is 34 years old and 72 percent are age 18 or older
5Y48k TIL that people living in Commonwealth countries get a birthday card from the Queen of England when they turn 100, 105, and all birthdays after that.
VMbpD TIL Polynesians explored and accurately sailed the pacific thousands of years ago using their testicles.
9Ymbm TIL about Operation Pluto, an operation to lay submarine oil pipelines under the English Channel in support of the Allied invasion of Normandy during WWII. The two pipelines, "Bambi" and "Dumbo", carried 180 million imperial gallons of petrol to the Allied Expeditionary Force in North West Europe.
5VMVB TIL Travis, the chimpanzee that was famous for ripping a woman’s face off, also was struck by a bottle thrown by a pedestrian, at a stop light, before unbuckling his seatbelt, jumping out the window, and chasing the man on foot then disappearing for several hours.