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TIL Kobe Bryant Was Named By His Parents After The Famous Japanese Kobe Beef

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OpMR TIL that Ryan Gosling was selected as the lead for ‘The Notebook’ because the director thought he wasn’t handsome.
M59m TIL Ian Fleming’s fictional car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was again built in 2002 at a cost of £750,000, making it the most expensive stage prop ever according to the Guinness World Records.
OoK7Y TIL a French man was surprised by his colleagues with a free ride in a French Air Force fighter jet going 870 mph (but had never said he wanted such a ride). He panicked, accidentally grabbed the ejector button and ejected himself at 2,500 ft altitude. He parachuted safely to to the ground.
DaPv TIL that in 2002, a fire broke out at a girls’ school in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Some girls were stopped by “religious police” from running out of the building because they were not wearing correct Islamic dress. 15 girls died.
X0k0j TIL most sourdough sold in supermarkets and chain bakeries is fake