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TIL Charlie Chaplin considered Cantinflas to be “the greatest comedian alive”

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QJKdL TIL That the famous deaf-blind writer Hellen Keller received a gift from a Japanese police officer who gave her an Akita dog named Kamikaze-Go as a present. After the dog's death Japan’s government gifted another Akita, making her the first person to bring the dog breed to the U.S. In 1948
9YdAB TIL: Lawrence Fishburne was just 14 when production started on Coppola's Apocalypse Now, after lying about his age to get the part of Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller.
QJPNL Horror movies can be an effective treatment for anxiety.
kOLm TIL the deepest hole ever drilled reached 7.6 miles (12.3 km) before drilling was stopped because the temperature at that depth became too high at 356°F (180°C)
N7LWb TIL that there is no established reason why men have beards. Possible explanations include beards increasing attractiveness to women (inter-sexual selection) or increasing dominance amongst other males (intra-sexual selection) by signalling sexual maturity and increasing perceived jaw size.