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TIL while filming Taxi Driver, Robert De Niro asked out Cybill Shepherd but was rejected. He then refused to speak to her unless a scene from the movie required them too.

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a8k7o TIL Ray Burton, the father of Cliff Burton, donates the royalties he receives from his son’s work in Metallica to a music scholarship programme at Cliff’s old high school.
XE7ND TIL that almost all mammals take the same amount of time to pee. The "Universal Law of Urination," as scientists call it, says that an African elephant will empty its 42 gallon bladder in nearly the same time that a Great Dane dog will empty its 0.4 gallon bladder. (Around 21 seconds)
jNjNQ TIL It cost more to make the movie Titanic ($200m) than to build the actual Titanic ($7.5m, or $125m when adjusted for inflation).
yVMAe TIL Miami Beach used to be an overwhelmingly Jewish community
Pleg TIL the people of Ancient Rome had a toilet god