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TIL Charlie and the Chocolate Factory had a sequel, but the author hated the first movie so much that he refused to have a film version produced.

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mxl8E TIL that the man who plays the alien in “Alien” was a 2.08m (6’10”) Nigerian named Bolaji Bandejo, and the filmmakers came across him in a bar by pure chance. While on set, a special swing had to be constructed so Bolaji could sit because the Xenomorph’s tail got in the way.
9wx6D TIL that there are more number of countries in the world where females outnumber males than where males outnumber females (for the total population).
l6MA TIL Andrew Jackson was challenged to a duel by Charles Dickinson who was considered an expert shot. Jackson allowed him to fire first hoping his aim to be spoiled by his quickness. The bullet did miss just shy of Jackson’s heart. Dickinson had to stand there waiting for Jackson to kill him.
XEPYD TIL about the G.I Joe Fallacy, named so by two women professors at Yale, means that knowing is not half the battle. But knowing that the G.I Joe Fallacy is a fallacy is less than half the battle.
pRAA TIL The orange fruit was initially called a norange (from Arabic náranj), then the ‘n’ was dropped because people mistakenly thought the fruit was called 'an orange’. The linguistic change is called juncture loss.