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TIL Benjamin Franklin Was a Big a Pervert as TFG

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9wrPr TIL that Audrey Hepburn's first starring role was 'Roman Holiday' (1953). Gregory Peck insisted that Hepburn's name appear before the film's title in a font as large as his: "You've got to change that because she'll be a big star and I'll look like a big jerk". Hepburn won an Oscar.
QJ4R9 TIL that Toronto has a courier service that only employs individuals with developmental disabilities. Delivery costs are on par with other couriers and its clients include many of Toronto's biggest businesses.
6jkQ TIL that, until 1970, the British government sent thousands of children to Australia and Canada, telling them their parents were dead
j6OMn TIL about IG (Internet Group), in 2001 the most accessed news portal in Brazil. Due to the constant flurry of bad news, especially due to urban violence, they decided to institute the "good news day", w no bad news reported. The first day for the campaign was chosen to be September 11, 2001.
KORMJ TIL there's an R-rated director's cut of Galaxy Quest with raunchy language and sex scenes.