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TIL Orson Welles was just 25-yrs-old when he directed, co-wrote, starred in and produced his very first feature film, "Citizen Kane" in 1941. Today, "Citizen Kane" is frequently ranked as the greatest film ever made due to the innovative techniques used during its production.

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NOvN TIL in 2015 an EVE Online player known as “Non Erata” stole 600 Billion ISK (in game currency) - equal to $13000 USD in reality. This was accomplished by working his way up the ranks for over 6 real months in an in game corporation and stealing everything while the leadership was offline
oB7GL TIL Lou Bega was born in Germany from an Italian mother and an Ugandan father and found inspiration from his song "Mambo n°5" while living in Miami where he discovered latin american music.
VBEE0 TIL that male adult whalefish can never open their mouths
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9wLK6 TIL that ethics books are substantially more likely to go missing from university libraries than books about other fields of philosophy