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TIL: Johnny Depp owes the start of his career to director Wes Craven’s daughter who saw Johnny’s audition photos and said, “He’s beautiful!” Convincing Wes to cast Depp as Glen in A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET.

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77Ex TIL Hattie McDaniel, the first African American Oscar winner, was required to sit at a segregated table; her white agent, William Meiklejohn, sat at the same table. The hotel hosting the ceremony had a strict no-blacks policy, but allowed McDaniel in as a favor.
nZ0b TIL that 98% of all adoptions in Japan are of adult men
neo4W TIL A house cat bit its owner in the middle of the night to alert the family for the house fire. The family got out in time with no injuries and the fire department confirmed the cat was partially responsible for the rescue, "Hero kitty"
awNpJ TIL: in 1956 the French Prime Minister proposed France join the Commonwealth of Nations. The British PM rejected the idea & France went on to join the Treaty of Rome, a forerunner to the present EU
ZlGv TIL that Tom Waits was arrested in 1977 outside of a coffee shop in Los Angeles. Waits and a friend were trying to stop some men from bullying other patrons. The men were plainclothes police officers, and Waits and his friend were arrested for disturbing the peace.