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TIL Charlie Murphy interviewed for the movie CB4 by pointing a loaded 9 mm pistol at Chris Rock during the audition.

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VBROD TIL: Klaus Kinski cast by Werner Herzog in 5 movies. Diagnosed as schizophrenic then psychopathic. Herzog threatened to kill Klaus to complete the 1st film. After 5 films with rave reviews together indigenous tribes and directors wanted to kill Klaus. His daughters accused him of incest and abuse
VlwG TIL Walnut trees produce a toxin called juglone that is harmful to many other plant species which helps protect the tree’s territory to ensure it gets enough sunlight. The toxin can remain in the soil for years after the tree dies or is removed.
xVoX0 TIL that when Diogenes, the Ancient Greek philosopher, was mocked by members of the Athenian Elite at a party, who were comparing him to a dog and throwing him bones across the room, he simply stood up, walked over, lifted his leg and took a big ol' steaming piss all over them.
1aEyX TIL No roads connect the Kamchatka Peninsula to the rest of the world but it has a developed tourist infrastructure. The city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, majority ethnic Russians, has more inhabitants than the entire neighboring Chukotka Autonomous Okrug or Magadan Oblast
M7gA8 TIL that 'The Omega Man' (1971) has among the first interracial kisses in film, between Charlton Heston and Rosalind Cash. When Whoopi Goldberg asked Heston about the kiss in 1992 on her talk show, Heston leaned in and kissed a pleasantly surprised Goldberg.