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TIL we could fit the entire human race in New Zealand if we lived as dense as Manhattan

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8KBZ TIL That Clint Eastwood’s first movie role was a minor role in ‘Revenge of the Creature’ the low budget sequel to 'Creature from The Black Lagoon’.
5Y0M9 TIL that In Japan, people do not use their signature on documents, but use their personal stamps called “Hanko” or “Inkan”.
rR5gw TIL that in 2005, cabbage was banned from Korean baseball after frozen cabbage leaves fell out of Doosan Bears' pitcher Park Myung-Hwan's cap mid-game. After an emergency meeting, KBO officials ruled that cabbage leaves are considered an “alien material” that is capable of disrupting a game.
6EYLJ TIL that during WWII, French-Moroccan soldiers kidnapped, defiled and/or killed 2,000 - 60,000 Italian female civilians in what is considered one of the worst war crimes of the war
4pVw TIL: The scenes in E.T. where E.T. walked awkwardly or fell over was a 12 year old in an E.T. costume who was born without legs and walked on his hands.