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TIL: the owner of Fuddruckers restaurant is the first black American to own 100% of a national hamburger franchise.

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a8ARo TIL that Eddie Murphy, Danny DeVito, Chevy Chase, Bill Cosby. John Cleese, John Candy, Steve Martin, Jeff Goldblum and John Lithgow were all considered for the part of Doc Brown in Back To The Future.
a8WDZ TIL that there has been huge interest in the Wim Wenders film Perfect Days after it was nominated for an Academy Award, so they now offer tours of the public toilets in the Shibuya district of Tokyo
M7E67 TIL: Katherine Knight is the first woman in Australia to be sentenced to life. She murdered her partner and tried to feed him to his children. They had an on-off relationship due to Knight's violent behavior, but she was good with kids. She now has a leadership and mediator position in prison.