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TIL Rather than use CGI, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.

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KAyw TIL Anthony Hopkins was only on screen for 16 minutes in ‘Silence of the Lambs’
GAYwE TIL that Catherine the Great’s enemies slut shamed her to the point that rumors of bestiality have followed her over 200 years after her death
Jmoj TIL the last surviving Confederate widow (who died in 2004) married her former husband’s grandson, whose stepson was also his great uncle.
XB6Q TIL that profiles of Hitler in the 1930s in Vogue, Life, and Home and Garden praised his refinement, gentle repasts, unpretentious hospitality and love of sweets.
D1Mrv TIL the UK has separate area codes just for cell phones.