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TIL Full Metal Jacket was filmed entirely in England

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w0rW TIL that Liam Neeson turned down the role of James Bond because his wife-to-be said she wouldn’t marry him if he took it
kOZRm TIL - HTTP error code 451 = "Unavailable For Legal Reasons". Displayed when the user requests an resource which cannot be served a web page that is censored by a government. The number 451 is a reference to Ray Bradbury's 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, in which books are outlawed.
6EGLW TIL that the Tarantula Nebula, a region in the Large Magellanic Cloud over 160,000 light years distant, contains the most luminous known star. The nebula’s luminosity is so great that if it were as close to Earth as the Orion Nebula, the Tarantula Nebula would cast shadows on the ground.
j66Mp TIL that "penile implants" exist and to get an erection with one you squeeze your nutsack. They're used for erectile dysfunction and FtM transitions
EQdo TIL a Tortoise that died in Steve Irwin’s zoo at the age of 175, was once owned by Charles Darwin