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TIL Rodin, the famed sculptor, didn’t actually sculpt in marble. He made sand models and his assistants, namely Camille Claudel, made the art we love.

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XE4aj TIL that in Resevoir Dogs, Madonna, who is the main topic of the opening conversation, really liked the film, but refuted Quentin Tarantino's interpretation of her song "Like a Virgin". She gave him a copy of her "Erotica" album, signed, "To Quentin. It's not about dick, it's about love. Madonna."
wogE TIL one of Woody Harrelson’s four conditions for accepting the role of Tallahassee in Zombieland was that the director not eat dairy products for a week
Xrpr TIL: Adult frogs of the species Pseudis Paradoxa are only a quarter of the size of their tadpoles. They are commonly known as “Paradoxical Frog”.
PYQrZ TIL Lego didn't invent interlocking bricks, they just copied them from a toy that wasn't patented in Denmark
GYVxG TIL Brandon Lee was cast in the lead role of an action film called 'Simon Says', but due to his death on the set of 'The Crow', the film was scrapped, and after a few rewrites, the screenplay eventually turned into 'Die Hard 3.'