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TIL Jackie Chiles is a fictional character, not a guest star.

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6EwX8 TIL that people scored higher in a mental agility test while wearing a lab coat that they believed was a doctor's coat. The effect was not there when they believed the same white coat was a painter's coat. The study showed that we embody associations we have with particular clothes.
kOBVW TIL George H.W. Bush came very close to being eaten by cannibals in WW2
VMR7G TIL that in 1921 private police in the US dropped bombs and tear gas on a coal miners camp when they went on strike for better working conditions
EwZw TIL Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver initiated a campaign to move British schools towards eating healthy foods and cutting out junk food. British parents protested by delivering junk food to the students from local shops through the school fence. In the UK, 64% of adults are considered obese.
0dpBL TIL the studio behind the movie Se7en proposed a sequel called "Ei8ht" where a suddenly psychic Morgan Freeman chases an also psychic serial killer. The idea was dropped after director David Fincher replied, "I would be less interested in that than I would in having cigarettes put out in my eyes."