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TIL 6 Corporations Control 90% Of The Media In America

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kevE TIL that critic Michael Crowley gave such a poor review of one of author Michael Crichton’s books, that Crichton made a character ‘Mick Crowley’ in his next book, who was a child molester with a small penis.
4kkWo TIL that a pilot can open a jetliner's cockpit window mid-flight.
n7RY TIL that Carrie Fisher snorted cocaine on the Hoth set in Empire. Also during the filming of the Blues Brothers she was often intoxicated and did so many drugs even John Belushi told her to slow down.
a71b TIL Jackie Chan now officially holds the Guinness World Record for the most credits in one movie AND the most stunts by a living actor!
nWrZP TIL that networks were created to help German Nazis to flee Europe after World War II. Josef Mengele and Adolf Eichmann made it to South America using the system. The Escape routes are called ratlines because of the way rats cling together to save themselves on a sinking ship.