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TIL Nick Frost kept his genitals shaved throughout the production of Shaun of the Dead to create a genuine need to scratch that the character demanded.

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R7PW1 TIL the prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, was an amateur DJ
8a7jb TIL Sir Alec Guiness HATED his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: "Apart from the money, I regret having embarked on the film," calling the dialog "lamentable." An autograph seeker told him he'd seen the movie over 100 times; he gave him an autograph on the condition he never see the movie again.
KkpE TIL that we say “red heads” instead of a more appropriate “orange heads” because we needed a word to describe redheads before we needed a word for the uncommon color of orange.
8agOX TIL about the types of map projections. There is this map projection called AuthaGraph and it is the most accurate 2D map projection in existence (which can also be magically folded into a 3D globe!)
dDMZZ TIL that the VitaminWater class-action lawsuit resulted no compensation for the consumers, and Coca Cola/Glacéau could continue marketing VitaminWater as “nutrient enhanced water beverage”.