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TIL Spielberg mentioned in Tom Cruise’s presence the name of a doctor friend who prescribed psychiatric medication. Shortly thereafter, the doctor’s office was picketed by Scientologists, causing friendship between Spielberg and Cruise to end.

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5YOB9 TIL that Wilson the Volleyball from the movie Castaway was inspired when screenwriter William Broyles, Jr deliberately stranded himself for one week on an isolated beach in the Sea of Cortez in which a volleyball washed up on shore.
OoD7R TIL Coca Cola randomly printed an English word and French word inside Vitamin Water bottle caps. They had to apologise to a family because their bottle of Vitamin Water said 'YOU RETARD' inside it.
jNQna TIL raccoons wash their food yo soften it because they don’t have saliva glands.
JLk1 TIL that the flashes of color you see in your eye after you rub them are called phosphenes.
LQLD0 TIL: In 2005, Leonard DiCaprio bought a private island off the coast of Belize with plans to build an eco-resort. In 2024, construction still has not begun.