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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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KYG04 TIL a Guatemalan boy saw soldiers come into his village and murder his parents along with the rest of the village, was adopted and raised in an abusive household by one of the men who massacred the villagers, and later gave testimony that sent the killer to prison with a 6,000 year sentence
8aWDX TIL Prince was 5’2″, or 157.5 cm tall and weighed 112 pounds, he often wore heels to combat his small size. His grand piano was even modified by shortening the legs so he could reach the pedals while sitting down to play.
4j15 TIL of Whipping Tom, the name given to two serial spankers in London in the 17th & 18th centuries. “On seeing an unaccompanied woman, he would grab her, lift her dress, and slap her buttocks repeatedly before fleeing. He would sometimes accompany his attacks by shouting "Spanko!”“
ADOma TIL that Tom Hardy has a permanently bent pinky finger on his right hand as a result of him accidentally severing a tendon with a kitchen knife.
oBpwo TIL Actor Jon Hamm was amongst Ellie Kemper's high school teachers, with whom she appeared in a school play, while studying theater and improvisational comedy.