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TIL Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for the 1967 James Bond film, You Only Live Twice. He was actually friends with Ian Fleming, but disliked the original novel. So with the blessing of film producers, he heavily changed the story to better fit the big screen.

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BrMaW TIL in 2013 a lone thief stole $136 million worth of jewels from a Cannes hotel room. Though the thief carried a pistol, he never had to draw it due to the room being poorly gaurded. It is possible the door was left unlocked as well.
QJmA9 TIL that the worst hard-rock mining disaster in American history occurred on June 8, 1917 when fire broke out in the Speculator Mine in Butte, Montana. 168 miners were killed due to the unsafe conditions, spurring one of the first successful unionizations of workers in the US.
aRm0 TIL Steve Jobs wanted to hide a man wearing a fedora in the first Mac. Dubbed “Mr. Macintosh,” the character would appear after opening the menu bar several thousand times then quickly disappear, leaving users to question their sanity. The idea was scrapped due to the Mac’s paltry 128KB of RAM.
x6vQ7 TIL Snoop Dog now owns Death Row Records, in a deal signed just before his Super Bowl LVI half time show in 2022. It was a sensational 90s hip hop label that released iconic albums by Dr Dre, Snoop Dog and 2Pac - and went through multiple owners like Hasbro and the Blackstone Group.
grn9y TIL Otou Katayama stopped speaking to his wife for 20 years because he was jealous of the attention she gave their children, he only communicated with her via grunts and noises.