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TIL sucking a King’s nipple was a gesture of submission in ancient Ireland

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dBNE TIL the original “Airplane!” script had the jive dudes speaking lines like “Mo fo, shi’ man, wha’ fo”. Actors Al White and Norman Gibbs carefully created their own language by researching books on African-American dialects and early jazz culture.
KGR4 TIL Brad Pitt once rented a Mexican Resort, had the power and phone lines cut, and bribed the Mexican government to arrest his friend on drug charges as a practical joke
Eg8LW TIL that Indian actor Bonda Mani did not receive Indian citizenship and forever remained as a refugee in India until his death
ADaNl TIL Seinfeld ended the last episode with the same bit as the beginning of the pilot episode.
yWda TIL in 1947 a man survived a botched execution by electric chair. He said that death tasted “like peanut butter” and looked a lot “like shines in a rooster’s tail.”