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TIL the letter ‘Q’ was illegal in Turkey until last month
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TIL that Chris Hansen was caught having an affair with a colleague 20 years his junior by a hidden camera and fired from NBC for it.
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TIL That Adolf Hitler was a serial prankster and would often perform callous pranks on his staff, one which ended with close friend Ernst Hanfstaengl beleiving he was being set up on a suicide mission leading him to escape to Switzerland where he betrayed some of Hitler’s most intimate secrets
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TIL the 2005 film "Brokeback Mountain" originally intended to star Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix but both actors were uncomfortable with the film's sex scenes and declined the parts.
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TIL Burt Reynolds was considered for the role of Michael Corleone but Brando said he would walk if they cast him. βHe is the epitome of something that makes me want to throw up. He is the epitome of everything that is disgusting about the thespian, he worships at the temple of his own narcissism.β
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TIL In 1161 the Bishop of Winchester was the largest brothel owner in the UK and his prostitutes were called the Winchester Geese.