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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.

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R6E7 TIL of the town Nalcrest, Florida where you have to be a retired letter carrier to live there and which, quite ironically, does not have mail delivery service.
rRdxx TIL that Alexander Hamilton was involved in at least TEN duels with Ten other people whom he either was called out by or he called out, before his Duel with Aaron Burr. Each of the previous duels the pistols had failed to fire. One of these was James Monroe, founding father and Potus #5
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lAp7 TIL “No kill shelters” need to achieve a >90% rate of live adoptions, and may still kill healthy animals as a matter of course.
oBQ6W TIL in the Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), When a corpse was revealed under the dining table, none of the actors actually knew that it was there –so the shock on their faces was absolutely genuine. Tim Curry had known beforehand because he was the one who had to whip the tablecloth off.