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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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p8wBe TIL Your body can’t actually detect oxygen. When you hold you breath and feel the need to breathe, that is your body trying to get rid of carbon dioxide. (4:05 in video)
nBwB TIL that after the 1998 movie “The Man From Earth” was illegally shared via BitTorrent, the producer publically thanked the file sharers because it “lifted the profile of the film far beyond the financier’s expectations”, and caused a rise in legal sales
kJrR5 TIL of Emperor Pedro II, the last monarch of Brazil. He reigned 58 years, during which he championed civil rights, promoted education and science, won 3 wars, and abolished slavery. He allowed an unpopular coup d'etat against himself because he was tired of being emperor.
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