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TIL Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron's stunt doubles on 'Fury Road' fell in love on the set and got married.

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kMxW TIL during WWII, Hawaii had its own unique US banknotes. In case of Japanese invasion, the US government would have declared the notes worthless to prevent their use by Japanese troops.
XExZR TIL of Friedrich Kellner’s diary titled “My Opposition”, consisting of 10 volumes, 861 pages, and 676 individually dated entries from September 1939 to May 1945. His diary offers a glimpse at what an average German citizen might’ve known of during the height of Nazi Germany’s power.
Bmkx TIL That when Jim Carrey starred as the Grinch, it took 9 hours to to apply all the makeup required for the part, which drove Jim to the point of quitting the movie and he had to talk to the CIA about resisting torture.
1XOO TIL the Director of the FBI keeps a copy of the Wiretap for MLK on his desk as a reminder of past mistakes.
eXDb TIL “Sally sells seashells by the sea shore” is based on the real life of Mary Anning, who dug up fossils to sell to tourists at the beach in the 1800s to help her poor family. She discovered several intact dinosaur skeletons, including findings that contributed to the eventual theory of evolution.