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TIL Bill Murray stared in 2004 movie Garfield because he confused Joel Cohen, writer of the movie, to Joel Coen, one of the Coen brothers.

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AZBw TIL that Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” is a current bestseller in India, and many Indians believe him to be a more respectable role-model than Gandhi.
VX6B TIL that In 2000, Mos Def purchased a struggling bookstore, transforming it into a Center for Education and Culture for the community. This non-profit preserved the mission of its original architect, which was to promote literacy and multicultural awareness for people of color.
awNEo TIL Andrea Bocelli has been blind since he was 12, when he was hit in the eye by a soccer ball which caused a brain hemorrhage. Doctors tried leeches as a last resort but unfortunately were unsuccessful.
GYEl7 TIL in the 1970s a woman's sued San Francisco because a cable car accident turned her into a nymphomaniac. In 2015 her story was turned into a musical.
7RNp TIL: Over the whole Twilight series, there has been 24 minutes of just staring.