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Today I Learned KFC sponsored a short film called "A Recipe for Seduction" in which a girl called Jessica Mansera has to choose to either marry a wealthy suitor chosen by her mother, or chase a relationship with the new house chef Harland Sanders.

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Amrd TIL that during filming of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the actor playing Darth Vader was instructed to say “Obi-Wan killed your father” instead of “I am your father” to hide the secret from even the actors.
KOGNG TIL the increasing speed of the remaining aliens in Space Invaders after you shoot them, was done by accident. Destroying an alien freed up memory space, thus being less of a burdon on the system.
J9yj TIL one man’s genes from 4000-6000 years ago contributes to approximately 50% of the male population in 11 European countries.
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xvXk TIL that Bill Murray had no scripted lines in the movie Caddyshack. He improvised everything. “With the Dalai Lama scene, they just sort of tossed me in there – there wasn’t much of anything. I just took it and ran away with it…Improvising about golf was easy for me.”