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TIL Richard Pryor wrote the screenplay for Blazing Saddles however he was rejected for the role of Sheriff Bart

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M7kgb TIL the test pilot for the first fighter jet would fly dressed as a gorilla in a hat to allow US Air Force psychologists to gaslight other pilots into believing they hadn't witnessed a “gorilla, wearing a derby hat, waving a stogie at them” flying a fast-moving plane without a propeller
g4pA TIL Vincent Vega (John Travolta’s character in Pulp Fiction) is the brother of Vic Vega, aka Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen’s character in Resevoir Dogs)
kvjg TIL that there is an island in the Maroni River on the French Guiana/Suriname border which was formed when a British ship “Edith Cavell” ran aground. The shipwreck is covered in foliage.
1NWP TIL that “Somewhere over the Rainbow” was initially deleted from the Wizard of Oz movie, but associate producer Arthur Freed and Roger Edens persuaded the producers to keep it in. It was picked by RIAA as the #1 Song of the 20th Century and by AFI as the Greatest Movie Song Ever.
ANMJ4 TIL that sharks existed on Earth even before there were trees