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TIL Hitler wanted to create his own Jurassic Park for big game hunting.

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neK99 TIL De Armas’ breakout role as Paloma in No Time To Die was written specifically for her by director Cary Joji Fukunaga, who had been a fan of hers for years.
QJGk TIL the Dalek voice in Doctor Who (2005) is recorded through a custom analog ring modulator; the BBC were unable to reproduce the original effect digitally.
wonbo TIL starting in 2001, Dell Glover became the "world's leading leaker of pre-release music." He worked at a Universal CD pressing plant & was a member of a file-sharing group called Rabid Neurosis. Over an 11-year period, Rabid Neurosis was responsible for leaking over 20,000 albums.
eyEE TIL that nectarines and peaches are the same species, with a gene controlling whether the skin is fuzzy or smooth
dDNMr TIL that athletes ran in a clockwise direction in the 1896,1900 & 1904 Olympics. It changed to counter clockwise in the 1908 London Olympics after athletes complained of discomfort.