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TIL there is a Buddhist temple in Thailand constructed of an estimated 1.5 million beer bottles

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P4OL TIL when a Marvel comic book writer apologized to Samuel L. Jackson for basing Nick Fury on him in 2002, he said, “Fuck, no, man. Thanks for the 9 picture deal.”
vPjxL TIL Keanu Reeves was originally offered the role of Chris in Michael Mann’s 1995 movie Heat. He turned it down to play Hamlet in theatre, Val Kilmer was given the role instead
kOr91 TIL that modern football is descended from "medieval football" in which opposing teams would attempt to drag an inflated pig's bladder to markers at each end of a town by any means necessary "as long as it did not lead to manslaughter or murder."
yQVQa TIL that nomadic families owning less than 100 animals in Mongolia are considered to live in poverty
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