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TIL Karen Gillan shaved her head bald for her role as Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy. But Marvel made a wig of her shaved hair, which she wore on the show Selfie.

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69vBw TIL Use of amphetamines (such as Pervitin and Benzedrine) to stay alert and active longer was pretty widely used in WWII by both sides.
xVgm1 TIL “Almost Unreal”, the Roxette song that ends the movie SUPER MARIO BROS. was actually written for HOCUS POCUS, both 1993 Disney releases.
loXGA TIL there is a subgenre of erotic literature that involves sexual encounters between humans and dinosaurs. Works include titles such as Taken by the T-Rex, Ravished by Triceratops and A Billionaire Dinosaur Forced Me Gay.
awMxo TIL that there is an official Goonies Day every year on June 7 in Astoria, Oregon. The majority of the film Goonies was filmed in Astoria and June 7th is the day the movie was released in 1985.
k7JW TIL that Hall of Fame boxer Sugar Ray Robinson backed out of a fight because he had a dream that he was going to kill his opponent in the ring. After a priest and minister convinced Robinson to fight, Robinson went into the ring and killed his opponent, Jimmy Doyle