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TIL The french legal system does not recognize the concept of races, and uses the expression "prétendue race" (so-called race, assumed race) instead.

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DQ9Ve TIL medical scholars diagnosed Gollum from The Lord of the Rings with multiple personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, dissociative identity disorder, and PTSD.
yQAPw TIL that the team that helped Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first climb Mount Everest in 1953 numbered at nearly 400 persons. There were 350 porters, 30 Sherpas, and 13 climbers.
p8V9b TIL one of the special effects in Highlander (1985) was achieved by strapping car batteries to the actors’ legs and wiring them up so they’d spark when a sword struck. Production would pause while filming these scenes after three takes because the sword handles would get too hot.
p8daO TIL over 800,000 women served in the Red Army during World War 2, a significant portion of whom did so in combat roles; there were female snipers, machine-gunners, anti-air gunners, tank crews and even pilots, with some bomber regiments being made up entirely of women, including the ground crews.
w7Ao TIL The episode “Heart of Ice,” from Batman: The Animated Series, won an Emmy award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program. It was the series’ second Emmy award (out of the 4 that it won).