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TIl: James Cameron drew all the pictures in Jack’s sketchbook. In fact, the hands seen sketching Rose wearing the necklace are not Jack’s but Cameron’s. Since he is left-handed and Jack right-handed, the shots were mirror-imaged in post-production.

O4oX TIL Louis Armstrong asked Richard Nixon to carry his bags through customs for him because he ‘was an old man’. The bags had marijuana in them.
wodQJ TIL that not everyone hears inside themselves. The condition of loudly hearing your own breathing, voice, and bodily functions is called Eustachian Tube Dysfunction.
W7Qp9 TIL that many iconic artefacts previously discovered at Titanic's wreck site, such as the ship's crow's nest, mast, promenade deck and Captain Smith's bathtub, have already disintegrated or disappeared entirely; documentary film-making and dive tourism have been blamed as expediting the decay.
69mP7 TIL that all London taxi drivers must take the Knowledge of London test. This involves memorizing nearly every street within a six-mile radius of central London. It also includes learning the blue book which lists 320 routes that must be memorized from start to finish. It takes up to 3 years to do.
wdmE TIL that almost everything about Koko the gorilla’s signing ability is a hoax. Her signs are nearly gibberish, and her handlers “interpret” everything she says and try to construct meaning from them. She has zero support from scientists and linguists for this reason.