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TIL NAZI Germany had a anti-tobacco movement, their research was silenced after the war.

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0wvQL TIL while writing Star Wars, George Lucas had an Alaskan Malamute (large dog breed) named Indiana. She went everywhere with him, so this inspired Lucas to give Han Solo a "big, furry" sidekick. She also inspired the name for Indiana Jones... who named himself after the family dog.
ANQDB TIL Cross Dressing Ken doll was an employee prank
j6Jma TIL that in 2006 Bill Murray (56 at the time) accepted an invitation to a college party in the Scottish Town of St. Andrews after a round of golf. He showed up, drank their vodka, did all the dishes and left
N7kRQ TIL British band The KLF once burned their last £1 million in the name of performance art before leaving the music industry for good.
EgVwP TIL that Denzel Washington and Quentin Tarantino had a years long feud over Washington's belief that Tarantino added racist dialogue to CrimsonTide.