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TIL that Michael Caine became an actor because all the prettiest girls at his school were in drama class.

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PWYg TIL an influential Islamic philosophical movement in 8th century Iraq declared the perfect human to be “of Persian derivation, Arabic faith, Hebrew in astuteness, a disciple of Christ in conduct, as pious as a Syrian monk, a Greek in natural sciences, an Indian in the interpretation of mysteries.
GrDJ TIL It took about a year to make the 4 minutes of CGI used in Jurassic Park
W79YL TIL Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President James Garfield in 1881, survived two assassination attempts after he was apprehended. One shooter was his own prison guard, William Mason, who received an 8-year sentence. The other, farmer Bill Jones ("The Avenger"), was acquitted.
wPQM TIL: An obscenity charge in a conservative county was dropped when the attorney showed the Pay-per-View habits of its residents.
RWZj TIL of Norton I, the first Emperor of the United States. A benevolent ruler, Emperor Norton issued Proclamations disbanding Congress, forbidding conflicts between religions, and advocating the formation of a League of Nations. At his death in 1880, 30,000 people attended his funeral procession.