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TIL concubinage in Hong Kong was not abolished until 1970

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vQX7 TIL when introducing the character Agamemnon in “Time Bandits”, Terry Gilliam’s script read “The Greek warrior removes his helmet, revealing himself to be none other than Sean Connery, or an actor of equal but cheaper stature.” He wrote it as a joke never expecting Connery to be in the movie.
Zg7p TIL Only 0.03% of high school basketball players make it to the NBA, and only 0.003% play at that level for longer than 4 years.
gdaW TIL Reagan intended to give the technology behind SDI to the USSR in order to eliminate the threat of nuclear war for both parties.
xmB0 TIL that the parents of the Columbine shooters were sued by some of the victims’ families for 2.5 million dollars and that this cost was covered by their Homeowners Insurance.
krd1 TIL that after his mother died Shaka Zulu had pregnant women and their husbands killed, and also had cows slaughtered so that their calves would know what losing a mother felt like