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TIL Michael Caine once said about his role in Jaws: The Revenge “I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.”

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wLYWo TIL that technically there is no city named Tokyo. Tokyo is a prefecture, something like a state, and not a city. Also, there is no city named Tokyo inside of Tokyo Prefecture.
1Lp8 TIL that the city of Seoul, South Korea has the world’s most encompassing fibre network, resulting in internet speeds of 1Gbps. It is also in the process of providing free wi-fi in all outdoor areas.
Nr4M TIL Al Jolson famous for performing in blackface was the only white man who was allowed into the all-black nightclubs in Harlem. The reason being that he helped many black people succeed in the music business and fought against racial discrimination.
awZ6J TIL: Two billion years ago, a uranium deposit at the present-day location of the Oklo mine in Gabon, west Africa, had just the right environmental characteristics to sustain a nuclear chain reaction. With ground water acting as a moderator, it operated like a natural version of a nuclear reactor.
loj1B TIL the most common foreign languages for a US President to speak have been Latin (14) and Greek (9).