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TIL that Matt Damon, when asked why he accepted his role in Saving Private Ryan, responded: “It was offered to me. When Spielberg says jump, bitches say how high?”

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NXEk6 TIL The first Postal Letterbox in the US began as a hollowed out tree on Long Island in the year 1787
VM7NZ TIL a Norwegian man, addicted to heroin, stole two large oil paintings from a gallery, lost them, was caught and charged with the crime. The artist subsequently met the thief, painted his portrait, and invited the thief to see it — which caused the thief to fall apart weeping.
nerM9 TIL after two cast members of LOST were arrested for drunk driving, both their characters were killed off in an episode called "Two for the Road".
eN9D TIL: One night in 1998, activists from the Animal Liberation Front crept onto a farm in the New Forest, England. Their goal was to save a group of 6,500 minks. No sooner were they freed than the minks went on a rampage. Guinea pigs, cats, chickens, and water voles all fell victim to the mink hordes.
nYRd TIL that there was a real-life gangster nicknamed Fat Tony who died in a Springfield.