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TIL that after Terry Jones filmed the 1996 adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" with live actors, the US distributor essentially ignored it. Eventually, Jones heard that the film was being shown in 1 US cinema; when he went there, he found out that it was a pornographic cinema.

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oBRJr It all depends on the size, physical fitness and hydration of the person in question, but it’s possible to sweat buckets before heatstroke sets in and we pass out. After all, there are about three million sweat glands on the human body (the highest concentration is on our palms), and the average person aggressively working out perspires about 0.7 to 1.5 liters per hour. Theoretically, if we were attached to a treadmill and pumped full of liquids, it’s possible to keep sweating forever.
85KP TIL that after the US fought Britain, president George Washington vowed never to set foot in London again , so when Virginia gifted a statue of the president to Britain, they also included soil from Virginia to place under the statue.
BKQK TIL the type of speech used by Kim Kardashian and other young women, dragging on the end of words is actually called “Vocal Fry”, and is considered a speech disorder amongst speech pathologists
6EQL7 TIL Without bats there would be no tequila. It’s made from agave plant which is pollinated by bats
KNrG TIL British audiences for The Last Airbender fell into laughing fits because of the constant use of the word “bender”, a slang term for gay people.