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TIL Soap operas got their name due to being dramas sponsored by soap companies

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R5BJ9 TIL that after astronauts arrive in space they lose their sense of smell. As a result, they end up craving foods that have spicy, sweet and/or sour flavours.
9JbQ TIL: Antonio Banderas early in his U.S. acting career spoke minimal English and learned his lines phonetically yet still gave critically praised performances.
GAN15 TIL there are 5 Chili's restaurants in Chile.
eRME TIL that in the Mandingo fight scene in Django Unchained, when the man asks Django how his name is spelled, Django says “The D is silent.” The man replies “I know.” This is because the man is Franco Nero, the man who played Django in the original movie “Django,” in a cameo role.
OoJRL TIL 1976 Farrah Fawcett red swimsuit poster has sold over 12 million copies. Two years after her death, the swimsuit was donated to Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, along with an original copy of the poster, her personal Charlie’s Angels script book, and other personal items.