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TIL directors Spike Jonze and Jordan Peele have both agreed the fan theory setting "Being John Malkovich" and "Get Out" in the same universe is compelling, and Peele has expressed interest in creating a third film that unites both films in one canon.

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yQW6e TIL Yoko Ono, Nina Simone, Quincy Jones, Willie Nelson, Carol Burnett, James Brown, Joan Rivers, Gene Wilder, Julie Newmar, Roman Polanski, Conway Twitty, Larry King, and Emperor Akihito were all the same age, born in 1933.
JBe4 TIL that humans are the best long-distance runners on the planet, able to beat horses (and everything else) in marathon distance races.
ndgo TIL that the inventor of white out was fired from her job for not whiting out a mistake she made.
b97A9 TIL the green flash at the end of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" is based on a real optical phenomenon
9Y607 TIL the first recorded incident of "mooning" was recorded by Josephus in 80 AD. A Roman soldier exposed his buttocks to Jewish pilgrims gathered in Jerusalem for Passover, resulting in a riot and eventual death of ten thousand people.