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TIL there is a statue of Ronald Reagan in Budapest Hungary
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TIL actors in the early silent film era often went uncredited because audiences just didn’t care — then, in 1910, actress Mary Pickford became so popular cinemas started specially advertising her films, making her the world’s first movie star
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TIL The British pound is the world’s oldest currency still in use - it is 1200 years old.
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TIL Pope Callixtus III might have excommunicated Halley's Comet from the church in 1456
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TIL that the Nijō Palace in Kyoto has special floors that squeak when walked upon, a sound that is very similar to the Nightingale birds. So when attackers tried to kill the Shogun, they would give their position away, but would only think that the birds outside are chirping.
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TIL Michelle Rodriguez answered a casting call ad in a newspaper and in her first audition ever got the lead role in Girlfight. She has been in at least one movie every year since.