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TIL Harrison Ford was originally hired to build cabinets for George Lucas, and got the part of Han Solo on a whim

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ppbp TIL that Jim Carrey received CIA training on how to withstand torture in order to mentally survive the multiple 8.5 hours of makeup required for The Grinch.
OoBnR TIL Queen Elizabeth II is the only living head of state to have served in World War II
1aAlO TIL Gary Dahl became a millionaire almost overnight by selling rocks he got off a Mexican beach to Americans as pets for $4.
yeg8 TIL That an actress from HBO’s “The Wire”, who played a member of a high level drug organization, was arrested in real life after the show for being a member of a high level drug organization
lo1M1 TIL A French doctor lured as many as 60 Jews into his home under the pretence of safety from the Nazi occupiers. He then killed them with his own gas chamber.