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TIL that when MIA was challenged about the use of gunshot sounds in Paper Planes, she drew from her own experience and said... “Look, I’ve been shot at so I’m quite comfortable with gunshot sounds. If you have a problem with it, go and talk to the people who were shooting at me."

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DQAKJ TIL that swallowing gasoline isn't generally a cause for concern as long as it doesn't go into the lungs. In fact, trying to vomit it out makes it worse. Also, hospitals frequently see patients suffering from gasoline poisoning after sucking it from vehicles using their… mouths.
gya9 TIL Richard Pryor was raised in a brothel where his own mother worked. He found an escape in watching movies because, “you were never in doubt as to why the women in them were screaming.”
5YZBR TIL that the first black woman to travel to space was Mae Jemison, who was a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Endeavor in 1992. She later appeared on "Star Trek: The Next Generation", making her the first person to have been on Star Trek and in space IRL.
ndG TIL Flavor Flav is proficient in 15 instruments,including guitar,bass,saxophone and piano.
4XwJo TIL when American businesswoman and convicted felon Leona Helmsley died, her will left her Maltese dog, Trouble, a $12 million trust fund, whilst leaving two of her four grandchildren with nothing. This sum was subsequently reduced to $2 million as excessive to fulfill its purpose.