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TIL after the death of Bruce Lee in 1973, film industries in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea raced to find his replacement in order to build off of his legacy. This period, later known as 'Bruceploitation', would feature actors with screen names like Bruce Li, Bruce Lai, Brute Lee, etc.

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Me8j7 TIL about Danny the Street, a comic book character written by Grant Morrison. It is a genderqueer, sentient street that was a member of Doom Patrol and the Teen Titans.
OQve TIL André the Giant for once felt “equal and/or human” for not being judged by those around him based on his height. This was during the filming of “The Princess Bride”.
K4r9 TIL the near-extinction bison hunting in the 1800s was not to gain food, but to restrict the American Indians’ dominant food supply; herds were shot from trains and left to rot where they died
bdQ TIL Nirvana disliked the original video for Smells Like Teen Spirit so much, Kurt flew to L.A. and reedited it to the version we know today. Here’s the original version.
PYEmL TIL that researchers found that telling yourself “I don’t eat unhealthy food” helps you resist the temptation to eat that food better than telling yourself “I can’t eat unhealthy food”.