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TIL Po from Teletubbies is bilingual in Cantonese

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ENKW TIL that Armenian-American metal band System of a Down once held a free concert made for 3,500 people, but nearly triple the amount of people showed up. The concert was eventually cancelled by police due to the large crowd, which caused fans to start a riot and destroy $30,000 worth of equipment.
x6NLg TIL that before he was famous Hugh Jackman made money performing as a clown for childrens' birthday parties. Jackman wasn't a good clown, and recalled being heckled by a six-year-old for not knowing any magic tricks.
nedxd TIL The current owner of the "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" flying car is director Peter Jackson. He could would drive cast members of The Hobbit films around in the car while playing the main theme song through a sound system.
wL6Z1 TIL, Jon Voight who is Ben Stiller's fictional dad (aka Derek Zoolander's dad) is also the IRL father of Angelina Jolie. He also played the role of Lara Croft's dad, while Jolie played Lara. Voight is still alive even though Jerry Stiller passed recently.
ADveg TIL of the euphemism treadmill, the concept of language being phased out and replaced due to offensive connections. For example, moron and idiot were legitimate medical terms, but were phased out due to people using them as insults. They were replaced with retarded, which has also been phased out.