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TIL R. Lee Ermey was the only person ever allowed to improvise dialogue in a Kubrick film.

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4X99X TIL The part of Quebec containing the provincial capital is known as the "Capitale-Nationale"
l70mN TIL about Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, an astrophysicist who discovered pulsars in 1972, had her boss not only take credit for the discovery but also win a Nobel prize for it.
m6gP TIL the first goalie mask worn in a NHL game wasn’t until a goalie took a puck to the face, got stitched up, and refused to return to the game unless he could wear a mask.
RrVl TIL that DC hero Power Girl’s huge breast size was a result of the artist deliberately drawing them bigger every issue to get his editors to pay attention to his work
YpXKA TIL that the woman who accused 14 y.o. Emmett Till of flirting with her admitted that she lied 62 years later. Till was brutally lynched by the woman’s husband and his cousin based on her accusation. Images of his mutilated body are credited with sparking the Civil Rights movement.