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TIL the head of Columbia Studios had Sammy Davis Jr. kidnapped by the Mafia to keep him from marrying a white woman.

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0wDoL TIL about "Теоретики" ("The Theorists") a Belarusian comedy series about a group of nerdy scientists who become friends with a blonde waitress. When it was pointed out that the concept, titles, sets, costumes and scripts were stolen from the American sitcom "The Big Bang Theory," the actors quit.
yV05V TIL That one of the founding members of the British SAS was from Wisconsin. Sergeant (later Major) Charles 'Pat' Riley moved to the UK when he was seven, joining the British Army at 18 and eventually becoming a member of the famous SF unit.
b6RE4 TIL that there was a Ferris Bueller TV show that ran for one season in 1990 and starred Jennifer Aniston
D1arp TIL that first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, wrote a farewell letter to his wife before he went to space. He survived the mission but his wife would receive the letter 7 years later after Gagarin died in a plane crash during routine training.
PQdg TIL Dua Khalil’s body was exhumed after she was stoned to death in an honor killing and sent to a forensic lab “so that tests could be performed to see whether she had died a virgin”.