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TIL that boiling water extuingishes fire better than cold water. Explanaition in Comments

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LQgEd TIL that Patrick Stewart, a theater actor, was hesitant to sign a 6 year contract to perform on Star Trek: TNG, but his agent reassured him that the show would probably fail after one season. Stewart expected to "make some money, get a suntan, and go home."
GAXE7 TIL that the 1997 movie Batman & Robin was about a (now canceled) sequel called Batman Unchained and was originally planned to have Courtney Love or Madonna to play Harley Quinn in her live-action debut.
b6MxZ TIL of Robinson Risner, who, during the Korean war, has used his own plane to intercept a friendly running out of fuel & hydraulic oil after taking damage and used the plane through a careful collission to push/lift his comrade's into safety
8GO8 TIL the movie “Space Jam” is technically a sequel to a 1993 Nike commercial.
b9Rdp TIL There's a persistent cultural phobia in Germany of air drafts. It is widely believed they cause sore throats or even pneumonia.