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TIL John Morales, the voice actor behind “McGruff the Crime Dog”, a cartoon used by the American police in building crime awareness amongst children, is currently serving a 16 year prison sentence.

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BgpOr TIL the “kill the mothers” dialogue between Gene Hackman and Nathan Lane, in The Birdcage, was copied from a real conversation writer Elaine May had with another guest, at a dinner party. May’s words from the real dinner are Nathan Lanes’ lines, in the scene.
p8M7O TIL Al Pacino improvised the look of his character Big Boy Caprice in 1990's Dick Tracy
5VYjB TIL about the Diamond-Water Paradox in economics. Even though life cannot exist without water but can easily exist without diamonds, diamonds are, pound for pound, vastly more valuable than water
b69P9 TIL white asparagus is actually the same species as green asparagus, its shoots are simply covered with soil to avoid photosynthesis
9Y0wm TIL In 1936 BBC broadcasted television using a mechanical spinning disc transmitter and display with a peak resolution of 240 lines. The mechanical system did not scan the televised scene directly, instead a 17.5 mm film was shot, rapidly developed and then scanned while the film was still wet.