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TIL in 2004, Audi designed a fake car specifically for the Will Smith movie iRobot. This eventually inspired the birth of the Audi R8

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LV7p TIL there is a federal political party in Canada, called the Rhinoceros Party, whose only promise is to keep none of its promises if elected.
DVYP TIL Jason Mitchell, the actor that played Eazy E in ‘Straight Outta Compton’, couldn’t afford to fly out to Los Angeles for a callback audition. The director, F. Gary Gray, liked what he saw on his audition tape so he settled for a Skype meeting and Jason landed the part.
EgOJ7 TIL That when making the Popeye movie in 1980, the production built the whole town it is set in on Malta and it still stands and is fully operational today
woEBY TIL that the Universiry of Idaho and Washington State University are 8 miles away from each other.
QvJE TIL that Kim Jong Il spent roughly $1.2 million on Hennessy every year. That’s 800 times the average North Korean’s yearly income.