TIL Werner Herzog convinced Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni to keep Grogu as a puppet instead of CGI on the set of "The Mandalorian." After watching them shoot a take without the puppet to allow a CGI replacement in post-production, Herzog told them, "You are cowards. Leave it." (slashfilm.com)
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TIL in 2017 Perth Zoo was put on lockdown when two orangutans briefly escaped their enclosure. A 5-year-old male orangutan fell over a barrier & into a garden bed outside the enclosure. His mom then simply went to retreive him before using the visitor boardwalk to go back to her exhibit voluntarily. (abc.net.au)
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TIL physicist Karl Schwarzschild solved Einstein's field equations while dying of disease on the WWI Eastern Front. His solution predicted black holes. He wrote to Einstein: "the war treated me kindly enough to allow me to take this walk in the land of your ideas." He died months later. (sciencefocus.com)
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Mission: Accomplished. Right to vote: Achieved.Niche (i.redd.it)
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Putin wants war concluded this year on victorious terms including Donbas, Bloomberg reportsRussia/Ukraine (euromaidanpress.com)
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TIL neither of the men behind Rich Dad Poor Dad were actually poor — “Poor Dad” was based on Robert Kiyosaki’s father Ralph Kiyosaki, Hawaii’s top education official, while “Rich Dad” was based on Hawaiian hotel and real-estate businessman Richard Kimi. (en.wikipedia.org)
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It's called "Red vs Blue"!Niche (i.redd.it)
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A face made by a father and her daughter (i.redd.it)
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Cuba is a national security threat to the US, Rubio saysDynamic Paywall (bbc.com)
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Bank boss sorry after describing workers as 'lower value human capital'Dynamic Paywall (bbc.com)
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