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TIL Sam Worthington was broke and living in his car when he landed the lead role of Jake Sully in Avatar

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lMMV TIL that ‘the anchoring effect’ is the common human tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information offered (the “anchor”) when making decisions
BraNr TIL using sheep as subjects for Huntington's disease research, scientists discovered they are able to recognize human faces, even from photographs. Upon seeing a photograph of its handler for the first time (the sheep had never seen an image of this person before), the sheep did a 'double take'.
Ewyd TIL that during the filming of Caligula, in Rome, Malcolm McDowell took the entire production crew out to dinner to celebrate an English football win against Italy. At the end of the lavish meal, he claimed to not have enough money, and stuck the film’s choreographer with the bill.
MmwW TIL a Native American served as George Washington’s bodyguard
d8rjd TIL that the clicking noise sperm whales use to communicate is so loud that it can be heard by other whales thousands of miles away and can make a human body intensely vibrate to the point of death.