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TIL most medieval people bathed regularly, used soap to do it and even had deodorant

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vPQBB TIL the reason Roger Moore decided to end his 7 film run as James Bond was because he was disgusted by the greatly increasing age gap between himself and the leading ladies. The final straw was when he discovered he was older than the mother of “A View to a Kill” star Tanya Roberts.
XW6E Today I learned they shot “The Karate Kid” entirely on camcorder before they filmed it for real (and it’s on youtube!)
pO5O TIL Corona, CA is sometimes referred to as the ‘record holder in the fumbled time capsule category’ with 17 time capsules buried – and lost
Oo6XR TIL that, in 1993, upon learning that they were to play a show at a venue owned by the Church of Scientology, the band Tool was opposed to performing. They played, but Maynard, the lead singer, spent most of the show baa-ing like a sheep at the audience.
6LKW TIL in 1963 a series of tests proved that the Hercules C-130 transport aircraft could land on and take off from the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal.