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TIL Marie Antoinette never said "let them eat cake", rather she was moved by the plight of the poor and was known for her generous donations. The statement was attributed to detractors trying to get rid or the royal family.

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b6k5E TIL in 2019, NASA had investigated a claim that one of its astronauts illegally accessed the bank account of her estranged spouse while on board the International Space Station, in what is considered the first crime ever committed in space.
nWnpW TIL that whale carcasses sequester a huge amount of carbon in the ocean
XpRP TIL on the set of “Django Unchained”, Leonardo DiCaprio was having such a hard time using so many racial slurs that he had to stop the scene, to which Samuel L. Jackson replied “Motherfucker, this is just another Tuesday for us”
Me4K0 TIL that Muhammed Ali was first directed to take up boxing at the age of 12 after his bicycle was stolen. Police officer and boxing coach Joe E. Martin met him fuming over the theft. Ali told Martin that he was going to “whup” the thief. Martin told him that he had better learn how to box first.
xdVk TIL Mike Myers loosely based his Dr. Evil character on his former SNL boss Lorne Micheals. Dr. Evil’s phrase “throw me a frickin’ bone here, people,” was supposedly something Michaels said many times at script meetings for SNL.