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TIL that a Marylin Monroe impersonator lives in the real Marylin Monroe's old house.

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OoGb4 TIL that Homer Simpson's iconic exclamation "D'oh!" is never explicitly used in any Simpson's Script. All the script ever says is "annoyed grunt"
x6o01 TIL of "set de flo'", an old African-American type of dance contest in which participants would do specific dance moves inside a circle on the floor; if you step outside the circle, you lose. Sometimes they would balance a glass of water on their head for extra challenge.
wbP6 TIL that in 2005 a blogger named Simon Ng blogged about his sister’s ex-boyfriend coming over 3 hours before the ex murdered him and his sister. His final blog post led police to apprehend their murderer.
G5Gj TIL American soldier Hugh Thompson stopped the My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War by threatening to fire on his own men if they didn’t stop killing innocent Vietnamese civilians for no reason.
ANdBl TIL that the original 1977 Star Wars movie nearly lost its iconic opening crawl because it was considered too expensive and time-consuming to create. Thankfully, it was kept, becoming one of the most memorable intros in film history.