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TIL in response to Million Dollar Baby, a disability rights group criticized Eastwood for having a vendetta against the disabled. Eastwood responded: I’ve gone around in movies blowing people away with a .44 magnum. But that doesn’t mean I think that’s a proper thing to do.

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9YYeG A dermatologist investigates
N5Z1 TIL in the movie Fight Club, when Edward Norton punches Brad Pitt in the in the ear, it was a real punch, instigated by director David Fincher
P1PWJ TIL the song “Hey There Delilah” was written about a woman who had a different boyfriend and turned down the lead singer of the band.
1abyV TIL Christopher Lee, AKA count Dooku, served in the British SAS as a spy during WWII saying, "I've seen many men die right in front of me - so many in fact that I've become almost hardened to it."
KYMQG TIL only six states prohibit the inclusion of animals in circuses. Animal Defenders International estimate there are approximately 300 exotic/wild animals being used in circuses in the US.