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TIL Harry Dean Stanton taught Paul Newman to play "Plastic Jesus" on the banjo for his scene in Cool Hand Luke.

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78ZPx TIL that the horror cliché of zombies eating brains dates back to the 1985 horror-comedy film “Return of the Living Dead”, in which the zombies didn’t eat brains out of hunger, but instead because it eased the "pain" of being a zombie.
MeDQW TIL Pistachios crack themselves. I always assumed they were run through some sort of industrial nutcracker prior to packaging. But apparently when they ripen, the shells suddenly pop open and even make an audible crack. Chinese legend says witnessing this will bring the hearer good luck.
ODaY TIL Bill Murray was arrested in 1970 for trying to smuggle 10 pounds of marijuana through a Chicago airport
nk8Y TIL Mohammed Ali’s daughter, Laila Amaria Ali, was undefeated in her career, 24 bouts, 24 wins, 21 by knockout. One of her opponents was Joe Fraziers daughter, Jacqui Frazier-Lyde. They called the fight “Ali/Frazier IV ” since their fathers fought each other three times in their careers.
LQ1a9 TIL that typewriters used to not have an exclamation mark on them, or even the number 1, both had to be approximated by typing other characters in their place. 1 was a lowercase L and exclamation marks were the combination of an apostrophe and period.