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TIL that it took 5 years to make the stop action movie Wallace and Gromit, taking a whole days worth of work to film one second worth of movie.

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0dgYv TIL that 5-time F1 world champion Juan Manuel Fangio couldn't race in the 1958 Cuban Grand Prix, because he was kidnapped by Fidel Castro's henchmen to attract worldwide publicity to their cause. He was treated well and handed over to the Argentine embassy soon after the race
KYEMw TIL that the world's largest recorded snowman was 113 feet tall and built in Maine in 2008
1ldW TIL that close to 1800 studies have been conducted over the last 20 years to see the effects of public opinion on policies. The study showed that American public opinion has 0 to negligible effect on policies. But corporate donor effect had a direct correlation to policies.
VorB TIL Peter Ostrum, who played “Charlie” in “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory”, only ever had one film role and made his living by becoming a veterinarian.
wowAo TIL The Trung Sisters were two Vietnamese female military leaders who led the first resistance movement against China, expelling them out of Vietnam.