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TIL Howie Mandel voices the character Gizmo in the 1984 film, Gremlins, and its 1990 sequel, Gremlins 2: The New Batch

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WePB TIL that 50’s British comedian Hattie Jacques, famous for pioneering ‘fat humour’ (female), had an affair with her driver and, with her husband’s consent, moved him into their home. When she finally got a divorce, her husband lied that he was the adulterer to save her public reputation.
N6K8 TIL there is a city in Russia where the pollution is so severe that mining the topsoil is now economically feasible because it contains so many heavy metals.
9wpG7 TIL Thomas Edison controlled most of the film industry in New Jersey which annoyed smaller independent producers and filmmakers. They retaliated by moving their independent films to Hollywood, and eventually became Universal, Paramount and 20th-century Fox.
PYgGg TIL in Avatar: The Last Airbender, the bending styles for each element were influenced by a different Chinese martial art. For example, earthbenders use movements inspired by Hung Gar––chosen for its firmly rooted stances and powerful strikes as a representation of the solidity of earth.
64m7 TIL Jellyfish evaporate in the sun as they’re 98% water.