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TIL After Mario Puzo won an Oscar for writing the screenplay for The Godfather, having had no prior experience writing screenplays, he bought a book on screenwriting. The book's instruction was basically "Study The Godfather"

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Z8OBB TIL that Horace de Vere Cole would wander the streets with a cow's teat poking through the fly of his trousers; once he judged he had caused optimum outrage he would cut off the offending protrusion with a pair of scissors.
oBw6Y TIL Wind and barometric pressure changes can produce waves and effects similar to tides in enclosed bodies of water. This phenomenon is known as a seiche.
JYowj TIL of Robert Martinson, an American sociologist who became notable nationwide in the early '70s for his influential conclusion that prison rehabilitation was ineffective. He killed himself a few years later, after he published a reversal of his stance that went largely unnoticed.
8eaEP TIL that F.Scott Fitzerald died destitute and being a severe addict (mostly alcohol) and his main novel was never a bestseller
ANp0B TIL According to space law Weapons of mass destruction are prohibited in space and Moon and other celestial bodies can only be used exclusively for peaceful purposes.