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J1yYB TIL that Foot Locker is the successor and legal continuation of the famous Woolworth’s, one of the largest department store chains of the 1900s.
RWx4 TIL Joe Pesci was a guitarist before he was an actor, playing with Joey Dee and the Starliters. That position was later filled by Jimi Hendrix.
b7x7 TIL that during the filming of the Bond film, “Never Say Never Again,” Sean Connery angered his martial arts instructor so much that he broke Connery’s wrist. The instructor was Steven Seagal.
PwVL TIL Ray Bradbury wrote a short story about a giant, firebreathing lizard which was made into a 1953 film. This film inspired a Japanese producer to make Godzilla in 1954
8XO8 TIL the word “gorilla” comes from the Greek word meaning, “a tribe of hairy women.”