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TIL Nixon’s “ I am not a crook” speech happened at Disney World

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OGGWa TIL King James I strongly objected to growing tobacco in the British Colonies, saying that it was "harmful to the brain [and] dangerous to the lungs" over 350 years before the US reported that smoking has negative health effects.
OG5Je TIL that the famous scene in "Apocalypse Now" where Martin Sheen’s character has a drunken breakdown in a hotel room, was not scripted. One day, Sheen got completely shitfaced and ordered the crew to film him. He got aggressive and started punching out mirrors. Francis Ford Coppola kept rolling.
EJ9x TIL Leo Szilard conceived the nuclear chain reaction,the nuclear reactor, and wrote the letter suggesting the Manhattan Project, which Einstein signed. After being diagnosed with bladder cancer, he designed his own radiation therapy which led to a full recovery.
5bJn TIL survivors of the USS Arizona have the option to have their ashes placed within the ship upon their passing.
vQX7 TIL when introducing the character Agamemnon in “Time Bandits”, Terry Gilliam’s script read “The Greek warrior removes his helmet, revealing himself to be none other than Sean Connery, or an actor of equal but cheaper stature.” He wrote it as a joke never expecting Connery to be in the movie.