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D18xj TIL The real-life inspiration for "Pussy Galore," the leather-clad pilot in the James Bond Film "Goldfinger" was "Joe" Carstairs, an eccentric cross-dressing millionaire lesbian.
0wOnA TIL The infamous scene, in Mel Gibson's film "the Patriot" depicting the herding noncombatant men, women and children into a church, and setting it on fire is based on the SS massacre of French villagers in Oradour-Sur-Glane in 1944. Nothing like this ever happened in the American Revolution.
7rbox TIL Scrimshaw work originated with the British sailor in the early 18th century. Using a “scrim” needle, the sailors would carve on whale teeth or smaller pieces of marine ivory to relieve boredom and supplement their modest income.