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TIL that Kevin Kwan sold the film rights to "Crazy Rich Asians" for just $1. However, as part of the conditions for the rights, he served as executive producer of the film with near-total creative control.

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grPZA TIL the Danube is the river that passes through most countries in the world, crossing ten countries (Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine).
YV1G TIL Obayashi Corporation has announced that it plans to build an elevator into space by the year 2050. the elevator would reach 96,000km (59,652 miles) into space. All this, the company said, can be achieved with the use of carbon nanotechnology, which they think will available by 2030.
X9Q TIL of a 2005 film that has been destroyed and suppressed by Showtime because it makes fun of the poor.
rRE60 TIL Mark Twain came into the world with Halley’s Comet, and (just like he predicted) he went out with it as well.
LkprV TIL Nurkhon Yuldashkojayeva was one of first 23 Uzbek dancers to perform unveiled on stage in 1923. In 2 months, aged 16, she was killed by her brother in honor-killing. The statue was built in 1967 to symbolize women's freedom but destroyed after Uzbekistan's independence in 1991 as being immoral.