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TIL Mario Puzo, the author of the Godfather books and the film adaptations, lacked experience in screenwriting. After winning two Oscars, he purchased a book on screenwriting to educate himself and found an intriguing piece of advice in the first chapter: "Study Godfather I"

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04AR TIL that people living within 2000 meters of an airport have higher levels of lead in their blood, which is linked to lower IQ in children and a host of diseases. Unlike cars and commercial airplanes, recreational airplanes still use leaded fuel.
k4QW Today I learned that publications in Israel have to disclose whether a fashion model was made to look thinner through photo manipulation
RPE9 TIL a convicted felon requested that his prison sentence be increased from 30 years to 33 years, so that it would match the jersey number of basketball star Larry Bird
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d8EM9 TIL : Author HG Wells pretty much created the template for the modern day disaster movie with his 1897 short story "The Star". It tells of the Earths near miss with a meteor who's gravitational pull causes earthquakes, tidal waves, and the melting of the ice caps. Millions are killed.