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TIL that Kelly McGillis and Jodie Foster were dating (one of Kelly's relationships)

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BDEW TIL the last Emperor of Brazil Pedro II became ruler aged 5. He had a grim, lonely childhood studying for duty. He won 3 wars, turned Brazil into a global power & abolished slavery. After 58 years he grew weary, accepting a military coup. He lived his last days alone in Europe on very little money.
1aOjP TIL in 2007 after Johnny Depp's daughter recovered from a serious E. Coli infection, Depp dressed up as Captain Jack Sparrow to spend 4 hours in the hospital reading stories to sick children, and donated £1 million to that hospital.
b9Zoa TIL that both Martin Luther King Jr. and Mohandas Gandhi tried to kill themselves during adolescence, and that both suffered severe bouts of depression later in life.
mxagM TIL the reason allied forces had nets on their helmets during WW2 was to reduce the helmets ‘shine’ and it would also allow soldiers to place bits of foliage to increase their camouflage
Brm4x TIL part of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back was filmed in George Lucas’s pool. More specifically, when Luke goes to Dagobah and the Dragonsnake is seen.