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OGxBa TIL the heat from the Mount Vesuvius eruption was so intense, it turned parts of one victim's brain into glass
5lKk TIL Gene Wilder refused to watch the 2005 remake of Willy Wonka because he didn’t want to be disappointed in Johnny Depp
v1P8K TIL that Lex Luthor was originally drawn with a full head of red hair, but an artist's mistake made the iconic villain bald.
5ag9 TIL that the accent commonly found in 30’s and 40’s films was a made-up mix between American and British English, known as Mid-Atlantic English.
ndDW TIL that the ‘Chinese Fire Drill’ was coined when a British officer miscommunicated instructions to his Chines crew, resulting in them pulling water from the starboard side and immediately dumping it on the port side, completely bypassing the 'putting out the fire’ step.