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TIL Mars Attacks originally had trouble attracting A list actors because most of the characters either die in some cartoonish manner or end up disfigured. That was until Jack Nicholson enthusiastically joined the film. Glenn Close, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Michael J Fox and others followed suit
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Submitted April 12, 2019 at 09:40PM by murdo1tj
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TIL That In 1996 during an SAS training exercise 21 year old Bear Grylls broke his back after falling from 16,000 feet due to a torn parachute. His surgeon said it was questionable whether he would ever walk again. 2 years later he climbed Mt. Everest
http://bit.ly/1QaRsgP

Submitted April 12, 2019 at 10:46PM by BirdPlan
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TIL When the results began coming in from the 30 March 2005 Powerball drawing, lottery officials suspected fraud was underway because 110 players claimed second prizes of $100,000 or $500,000. All 110 players and the jackpot winner got their numbers from fortune cookies.
http://bit.ly/2Z5cCtq

Submitted April 12, 2019 at 08:29PM by sauceeboss
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TIL of Karen Silkwood, a nuclear plant worker and whistleblower. On November 13, 1974, she set out to meet a reporter to go public with evidence of extensive safety violations. She was later found dead; her car appeared to have been run off the road and the documents she had with her were missing.
https://legcy.co/2v41WgO

Submitted April 13, 2019 at 01:59AM by Treaden_corns
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TIL that on American metal band Tool's 1996 album, Ænima, there's an aggressive and intimidation song sung in German noscriptd "Die Eier Von Satan" ("The Balls Of Satan"). However, when translated to English, the lyrics reveal themselves to be a recipe for hashish sugar cookies.
http://bit.ly/2uZUH9T

Submitted April 13, 2019 at 02:18AM by Xile85
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TIL: Ben Affleck was banned for life from the Hard Rock hotel and casino in 2014 for counting cards at the blackjack table.
http://bit.ly/2UeQjhd

Submitted April 13, 2019 at 04:34AM by Ralph-Hinkley
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TIL that The Lion King, heavily marketed by Disney as their "first Disney original" was straight up plagiarized from Osamu Tezuka's Kimba the White Lion (1960)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=83&v=UfJvKIDS9n8

Submitted April 13, 2019 at 08:39AM by CryWolf007
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TIL 'White Boy Rick', sentenced as a minor to life in prison for possessing 8 kilos of cocaine after exposing crooked cops as the FBI's youngest informant was recently denied early release in Florida for no reason.
http://bit.ly/2KAuzNt

Submitted April 13, 2019 at 08:46AM by poopsalad911
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TIL In Halden prison in Norway, guards are encouraged to interact, play sports, and eat with the inmates. This is to prevent aggression and create a sense of family. Despite being a maximum security prison, every cell has a flatscreen TV, an en-suite shower and fluffy, white towels.
http://bit.ly/2g7dFm9

Submitted April 13, 2019 at 06:59AM by TheFineMantine
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TIL of Bass Reeves. an African American commonly thought to be the inspiration for the lone ranger, he arrested more than 3,000 felons and killed 14 outlaws.
http://bit.ly/1OQKNt7

Submitted April 13, 2019 at 07:38AM by ebee500
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TIL Rod Stirling wrote the screenplay for Planet Of The Apes. The twist ending came from a woman he met at a party who pitched him the "it was earth all along" plot as a Twilight Zone episode. He paid her $500 for the idea.
http://bit.ly/2Xbwzgx

Submitted April 13, 2019 at 11:21AM by desfiles
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TIL in an undercover operation by Trading Standards, an underage boy successfully purchased alcohol in 6 different stores using a fake ID with a photograph of Bobby Hill.
http://bit.ly/2IC9gsj

Submitted April 13, 2019 at 01:44PM by TedDanson-
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TIL that in the UK, The National Lottery hunts for winners of unclaimed Lottery prizes, but in the U.S. they let it expire after one year without putting in effort to search for the winner.
http://bit.ly/2UkMJm0

Submitted April 13, 2019 at 02:50PM by TILusernamechecksout
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TIL of Fritz Suhren, a concentration camp commandant. When the allies were close, he took Odette Sansom, an inmate whom he believed to be Churchill's niece, and drove with her to the US base, hoping it would save him. She was in fact a British spy under a false name. He was hanged in 1950
http://bit.ly/2gU4Ccy

Submitted April 13, 2019 at 03:27PM by New_Diet
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TIL Matt Murphy, the man who caught Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th home run ball, sold the ball for $752,467 and gave half to Amir Kamal, the friend he was at the game with.
https://es.pn/2UFpGaA

Submitted April 13, 2019 at 04:13PM by jyeatbvg
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TIL that a company knowingly sold dangerous breaker panels that were installed in tons of U.S. homes, including mine. They still cause fires. Check your breaker panel!
http://bit.ly/2adbURj

Submitted April 13, 2019 at 07:09PM by hmhaines9
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TIL That there is a special type of font for people with Dyslexia. Henry Winkler (Fonzie on Happy Days) has written a series of children's books using this font. He did so because he has dyslexia. The books tell the story of Hank, a kid with Dyslexia. The font has more space between letters.
http://bit.ly/1cKgGqp

Submitted April 13, 2019 at 08:31PM by pogeauxpossum
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TIL that in an attempt to enforce Prohibition, the Prohibition Bureau began adding poison to industrial alcohol to prevent its consumption, killing between 10,000 and 50,000 people. This was supported by people like Wayne Wheeler, who argued that the victims had committed suicide by breaking the law
http://bit.ly/2G9yon5

Submitted April 13, 2019 at 10:16PM by sistene
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TIL Bill Gates selected 11 condoms of the future, and each finalist was given $100,000 to pursue their quest for a superior condom. Gates says, "The idea is making them easier for people to use in the moment, in the dark, whatever situation they're in."
http://bit.ly/2v4Vje9

Submitted April 13, 2019 at 08:28PM by thepresident45
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