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TIL that Al Pacino was coached by boxer Roberto Duran, in helping him portray the character Tony Montana for Scarface.

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R5od1 TIL: Cultured pearls may have only 0.5 mm of pearl on a resin bead
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N7dNb TIL that 25 years ago a meteorite crashed into a car near a high school football game. The owner then sold the car and meteorite for 263x more than what she paid for the car
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