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TIL that Christopher Nolan didn't know that Harry Styles was famous when he cast him in Dunkirk, and only selected him for the role because he liked his audition tape.

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0d1xA TIL Ben Stiller developed the premise for Tropic Thunder while shooting Empire of the Sun. He wanted to make a film based on the actors he knew who became "self-important" & appeared to believe they had been part of a real military unit after taking part in boot camps to prepare for war film roles.
aw1wZ TIL that Nicolas Winding Refn, director of the movie "Drive", failed his driving test 8 times.
GAXD4 TIL Dobro resonator guitars; with large metallic, sound plates, are much louder. All metal-body resonator guitars inspired Paul Simon's Going to Graceland line, "The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar." David Gilmour's Dobro sold for a record (no pun intended) $112,500. in 1979.
d8nVZ TIL the part of Central Park where Yoko Ono scattered John Lennon's ashes is now named Strawberry Fields.
4kaao TIL the air force has a program in place that will keep B-52 bombers flying for over a hundred years since they were manufactured