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TIL Canadian pro wrestlers held a 12-man battle royal in 1999 to determine the leader of a satirical political party

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Kavw TIL That a friendly exchange between an American and Chinese player in the 1971 World Ping-Pong Championship prompted Mao Zedong to invite the American table-tennis to China, helping re-open Sino-American relations for the first time since the cold war.
Wkrg9 TIL about a Horror themed Japanese Anime series called Ghost Stories that was not well received in Japan and when it was dubbed over in English the voice acting cast were given free rein to say whatever they wanted. This led to the entire series becoming a Dark Comedy rather than Horror.
x60ao TIL that New Line Cinema had plans for Tom Cruise to play Iron Man until they let the option expire in 2005.
xPe5 TIL a counterfeiter, dubbed the Omega Man, produced coins so perfect that they we’re indistinguishable if not for “the omega symbol that he arrogantly leaves as his trademark.”
0PaL TIL Police SWAT sniper Mike Plumb managed to shoot a revolver out of a suicidal person’s hand.