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TIL that Rik Mayall was originally cast as Peeves in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, but every time he read his lines, the younger cast members couldn’t stop laughing at him. He was later cut from the film.

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W7XBo TIL after completing his short film Frankenweenie, Disney fired filmmaker Tim Burton for spending the company's resources on a film that would be too dark and scary for children to see. Decades later, he remade the film as a feature-length stop motion film, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.
ybKp TIL civil rights Latino leader Cesar Chavez fought illegal immigration throughout his career because it undermined US workers with a constant supply of cheap labour that was not likely to complain or protest when exploited
kPE7 TIL the height of the Eiffel Tower varies daily by 15cm based on the temperature
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