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TIL 80% of Nigerians express a positive opinion of China, making Nigeria the most pro-Chinese country in the world

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QeOp TIL During Hugh Laurie’s audition for House MD, David Shore says that Bryan Singer, one of the executive producers, said, “See, this is what I want: an American guy.” Singer was completely unaware of the fact that Laurie is English.
oB7Kr TIL that ‘SUX’ remains the identifier for the airport in Sioux City, Iowa, although petitions to change it were filed in ‘98 and ‘02. The city was dissatisfied with the alternatives offered by the FAA, one of which was ‘GAY’
QKy9 TIL that Alec Guinness, the actor who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original trilogy, hated the film and described it as “fairy tale rubbish” and persuaded George Lucas to kill off Obi-Wan because he “couldn’t go on speaking those bloody awful, banal lines” and he “had enough of the mumbo jumbo”.
P1Zje TIL Hamsters’ livers are shockingly efficient at dealing with alcohol, cannot from an alcohol overdose. Their livers break it down so quickly that their blood never gets enough alcohol in it to become fatal.