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TIL that Benedict Cumberbatch recorded his screen test for Star Trek Into Darkness at his best friend’s kitchen using an iPhone.

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GnW1 TIL Mark Twain closely resembled former U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Fuller. Twain was once mistaken for him and was asked for an autograph. He signed: “It is delicious to be full, but it is heavenly to be Fuller. I am cordially yours, Melville W. Fuller.”
PYbxL TIL about Boston Corbett, "Lincoln's Avenger". He tracked down and killed John Wilkes Booth, but was arrested for disobeying orders. He was later released, deemed both a "national hero" and "insane" and eventually faded into mysterious whereabouts. It is not known what became of him.
d8jLZ TIL that The Dancing House in Prague, Czech Republic was originally going to be named Fred and Ginger since the building resembles a pair of dancers but the idea was discarded as the architect was "afraid to import American Hollywood kitsch to Prague".
vQrL TIL Racism and ethnic discrimination is legal under South Korean law
Ryx1 TIL: Billie Joe Armstrong, of the band Greenday, is the great nephew of Neil Armstrong, of the Moon