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TIL in the mini-series "Band of Brothers" (2001), Jimmy Fallon was so nervous during his cameo appearance, that he struggled to drive the standard WWII jeep, and feared he would hit the cast. Director Tom Hanks, eventually ordered 2 crew workers to push the Jeep around with Fallon at the wheel.

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8egJX TIL 20th Century Fox released Miracle on 34th Street (1947) in June, reasoning more people went to the movies in hot weather. As such, Christmas themes were downplayed in ads and the trailer starred actors who weren't even in the film extolling its virtues while not mentioning the holiday setting.
4kvRN TIL Coca-Cola’s slogan is “Real Magic.” Coke’s slogan has changed several times over the history of the company.
neMo TIL Pencils have always used graphite for writing, the danger during the 1950’s and before came from the lead based paint on the pencil
nWa5o TIL that Germany's first post WWII Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, invented among other things a soy sausage during WWI
b9VYa TIL that Empress Kōken of Japan nearly made a buddhist monk Dōkyō her successor on the throne. This would have broken the line of Japanese monarchs all being descendants of Amaterasu, and completely shifted the Imperial dynasty forever.