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TIL that the Normandy beach landing scene in Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan cost $12Million alone, employed use of over 1,500 extras and has been rated ‘the best battle scene of all time’ by Empire magazine

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X0wA6 TIL of the Cypress of Kashmar, a tree said to have been planted by the son-in-law of the prophet Zoroaster, that at 1400 years of age was chopped down by the Abbasid Caliph Motavakol because he wanted it brought to him and "reassembled" in Baghdad. He was assassinated soon after it was chopped down.
9Yln7 TIL an oil change for a Bugatti Veyron costs $21,000 and takes approximately 27 hours.
91Pp TIL when band Bloodhound Gang was trying to find a model for cover art for their album, Hefty Fine, they asked models to send in a picture and a bio. Carlin Langley sent in a photograph of himself performing fellatio on another man. The band was impressed by Langley’s sense of humor and hired him.
jN7dE TIL George Washington tried to introduce a law that would force local governments to produce books detailing 'ghosts' in the area. He believed that by forging the existence of ghosts, it would make the United States seem as if it were a country with history. This is a practice that continues today.
R51Wl TIL the Burger King commercial starring a 5-yr-old Sarah Michelle Gellar was the first to say a competitor by name when she says, "McDonald's makes their burgers with 20% less meat than Burger King. Unbelievable!" She also wasn't allowed to eat at McD's after she was named in its lawsuit against BK.