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TIL British writer Victoria Coren Mitchell saw a therapist to address her fear of flying, but the therapist later died in a plane crash.

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4kgJg TIL the founder of Utilitarianism had his body preserved & displayed in a British college. He's currently chillin' in the student center.
d9nE TIL that while filming Steven Spielberg’s Amistad, Anthony Hopkins memorised a seven-page courtroom speech and delivered it all in one go. Spielberg was so overawed he couldn’t bring himself to call him Tony and insisted on addressing him as Sir Anthony throughout the shoot.
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