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TIL that Roald Dahl changed the Oompa-Loompas from black-skinned pygmies to dwarves with “rosy-white” skin after allegations of racism.

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jN5aR TIL of Santino Ferrucci, a Formula 2 driver who forced his teammate off the track, deliberately drove into him and drove while holding his phone in one hand, all in a single Championship Sprint Race.
18lW TIL, Kim Cattrall, while filming Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country, posed for photos on the Enterprise bridge wearing nothing but Vulcan ears. Fearing harm to the franchise, Leonard Nimoy had the photos destroyed.
94kQ TIL Quentin Tarantino’s ‘64 Chevy Malibu was stolen from the set of Pulp Fiction in 1994. It was recovered in 2013.
bJ1Q TIL 50% of Toronto’s populace was born outside Canada
g7Ob TIL that Thomas Jefferson proposed a bill that punished male rapists with castration.