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TIL Vincent D'Onofrio holds the world record for most weight gained for a film role. 70lbs to play Pvt. Pyle in Full Metal Jacket

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16MB8 TIL Chuck Berry was incarcerated for more than a year at Springfield's federal prison. He used his time behind bars to study business and wrote several songs including "Nadine" and “No Particular Place to Go”
a8YV0 TIL that the end of the Stone Age to the present represents only around 0.7% of human history.
D74P TIL The Supreme Court has ruled that proof of actual innocence, even proof based on DNA evidence, is not grounds for release from prison (Federal habeas corpus relief).