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TIL - ‘The Napoleonic Code’ gave Women the Right to Divorce, Freedom of Religion, Forbade Privileges Based on Birth, and instituted much more. It’s regarded as one of the few documents that have influenced the world.

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lM07 TIL Bryan Singer convinced all the main actors in The Usual Suspects that they were Keyser Soze. They didn’t realize they weren’t until they saw the film (end of interview).
V1g0 TIL Jake Lloyd, who played Anakin Skywalker in The Phantom Menace, was so tormented as a result of his role that he gave up acting. “Other children were really mean to me…They would make the sound of the lightsaber every time they saw me.”
9lG6 TIL that a recently published study out of Spain found that THC seems to target and kill some forms of human brain cancer.
8G1P TIL the extra who gets grabbed by the hair and has his neck snapped by Bruce Lee in this classic fight scene from “Enter The Dragon” is none other than Jackie Chan, and this was the first and only time the two ever appeared in film together.
MeQaW TIL People used to sleep indoors in ornate boxes called “box beds” or “lit close” to protect themselves from wolves, stay warm, and have some privacy.