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TIL Louis C.K. first language is Spanish, he lived in Mexico until the age of seven and he still retains Mexican citizenship.

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VMPDB TIL that among the horrified audience who watched the television premiere of the apocalyptic nuclear war movie "Threads" on BBC was a kid named Charlie Brooker. He later cited the bleak and plausible future presented by Threads as an influence in creating the dystopian world of Black Mirror.
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