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TIL that Henry Kissinger once said that “America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests”

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Gml7 TIL that Marlon Wayans was going to play Robin in Batman Returns (1991). He still earns money for his 2-movie deal, despite never actually appearing as Robin.
M7JoK TIL - Despite soccer's relative lack of popularity in the USA, the 1994 FIFA World Cup was the most financially successful in World Cup history. It broke tournament records with overall attendance of 3,587,538 and an average of 68,991 per game, figures that stand unsurpassed as of 2022.
yQZ6J TIL Dragonflies are the most successful hunter on Earth, catching 95% of their prey.
yVPWe TIL of Jon-Erik Hexum, an actor who was fooling around with a gun between delays on a TV set in 1984. He jokingly raised the gun to his head and said “Can you believe this crap?” before pulling the trigger and blowing his skull open with the explosion of the blank at close range.
8LxP TIL The etymology of the worlds most recognizable word, “okay / OK”, comes from a fad in the 1830s where people purposely misspelt “all correct” as “oll korrect”.