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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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xDND TIL: While UK athletes receive no bonuses from their country for winning Olympic medals German athletes receive a lifetime supply of beer and Belarussians get unlimited sausages.
nWxKW TIL about Kirk Allen, a senior member of the U.S. military who believed a series of popular sci-fi novels, in which he shared the protagonist's name, were his biography. He created full-color maps, sketches, and written stories, to fill in omitted details from his own recollection.
b99XE TIL that R.E.M. was going to sign with Geffen records, but chose not to because Geffen sued Neil Young for making a record that Geffen didn't like.
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