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TIL: During the making of "Interview With The Vampire". Tom Cruise was the only person that read that entire Ann Rice's Vampire Chronical series. While the director was too lazy to read the book and Brad Pitt stopped after one chapter because he thought the book was stupid.

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JKJQ TIL that a book claiming that sunscreen, not the sun, is the number one cause of skin cancer, and that AIDS is “one of the greatest hoaxes and deceptions ever perpetrated on the American public” was #1 on the New York Times best-seller list and sold 5 million copies in the U.S.
OGJJ4 TIL Genghis Khan, sent his small armies against larger ones & used the rest of his forces to terrorize the unprotected civilian population centers.He forced captives to kill their own&hid behind them while advancing,confusing enemies.A master of mobility&depth thus avoiding costly set piece battles.
XEwP6 TIL Khushwant Singh's experience in the 1947 Partition of India inspired him to write his novel "Train to Pakistan" in 1956. His comparisons of social and behaviour characteristics of Westerners and Indians are laced with acid wit
VpVG TIL the samurai’s name in the TV show Samurai Jack is never mentioned. The first people he encounters in the future call him “Jack” as a form of slang, which he adopts as his name, the name his parents gave him is unknown.
WkdEA TIL that the characters Ron from 'Bob's Burgers' and Mr. Lynch from 'Home Movies' are voiced by the same actor... named Ron Lynch