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TIL that in order to play different people stuntmen in John Wick started shooting with beards and long hair and slowly trimmed them during the production

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mo7E TIL - In 1919, Ford wanted to use extra profits to raise employee wages and employ more people. Dodge sued them, saying a corporation’s only responsibility is to increase shareholder value. This set the precedent for current US corporate law.
M7bVK TIL that the iconic sound of a lightsaber in Star Wars was created by combining the hum of an old projector motor with the buzz of a malfunctioning television tube.
VP1Q TIL a person from Niger is called a Nigerien, but a person from Nigeria is called a Nigerian.
P14Ow TIL of Drapetomania, a falsely proposed mental illness based on the belief that slavery was such an improvement upon the lives of slaves that only those suffering from some form of mental illness would wish to escape
AD8Yw TIL the Winter Arctic Games are held biennially, featuring athletes from nine teams: Alaska (USA), Northern Alberta, Northwest Territories, Nunavik - Quebec, Nunavut, Yukon (all Canada), Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Russia), Sami people (Arctic Nordic countries, Kola Peninsula), and Greenland