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TIL that Harrison Ford received $10,000 for his role in A New Hope and $20,000,000 for his role in The Force Awakens

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M70AW TIL that Joseph Guillemot, a victim of an accident that left his right lung permanently damaged by mustard gas during World War I with his heart located on the right-hand side of his chest went on to win the 5000m at the 1920 Summer Olympics
pY5EO TIL Keanu Reeves, frequently cited as having the worst English accent in film history, is half English and his mother is from Essex.
a8BKy TIL crickets actually use stridulation to create their chirp, a way of making sounds through the vibrations of their wings. Similar to running your finger down the teeth of a comb
W7LMX TIL the Heinz factory in Wigan produces up to 3 million tins of baked beans a day
oR1jE TIL that the single largest infiltration of the United States government in history was committed by the Church of Scientology in order to purge unfavorable records about Scientology and its founder L. Ron Hubbard.