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TIL South African President and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Nelson Mandela has a cameo in the movie Malcolm X.

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oBpg8 TIL that a "rain check" was originally a ticket given to a spectator at an outdoor event interrupted by rain that provided admission to a later event (instead of a refund), but has since become an informal term for a request to reschedule any event.
J1vYl TIL that every even number is the sum of two primes, according to the Goldbach Conjecture, which has been verified up to 19 digits
1PVd TIL Of a parasite that severs the blood vessels in the fish’s tongue, causing the tongue to fall off,then attaches itself to the stub and becomes the fish’s new tongue.
16OWV TIL that the Batmobile is legally a character. When DC Comics sued a mechanic building replicas of Batman's vehicle, the courts ruled that the Batmobile has "physical as well as conceptual qualities" that make it distinctive, and is not merely a "useful article" (an ordinary car).
R70mj TIL in 1936 a man was killed by a kangaroo. The kangaroo "broke the jaw" and inflicted "extensive head injuries" on the man, who was attacked after attempting to rescue his two dogs. It is the only documented case of a fatal kangaroo attack.