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TIL that most of the dialogue in the original Iron Man film was ad-libbed by Robert Downey Jr, and that Gwyneth Paltrow had more trouble matching him with a suitable line, since she never knew what he would say next.

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g5Xb TIL That there are grapes that taste like cotton candy!
ner5P TIL that in 1474 a rooster was put on trial because it laid an egg and the villagers thought that it made a pact with devil. He was found guilty and burned alive and it was later found out that the rooster was a hen that just looked like a rooster.
ROa1 TIL Stone castles were very, very effective against the Mongols. They sustained heavy casualties trying, but were never able to take a single one in two invasions of Hungary.
KOjVE TIL the Bearded Vulture's diet is 70-90% bones and often swallows them whole
vJkr TIL… Handshakes were originally meant to make sure that the person you were meeting wasn’t carrying a concealed weapon. The hand clasp proved that your hand was empty and shaking was meant to dislodge any weapons hiding up the sleeve. Source: http://ift.tt/2dN6n8I