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TIL that on the set of David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986), actor Dennis Hopper was actually huffing helium gas during his scenes portraying drug use.

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OGAg4 TIL a woman drowned in a Massachusetts public pool, but her body was not found until two and a half days later. Lifeguards were alerted right after she drowned, but they took no action. Health inspectors even inspected the pool while the woman lay dead at the bottom, but failed to find her corpse.
9YWG7 TIL that rapper DMX became addicted to Crack Cocaine at age 14, has fathered 15 children and has been arrested over 20 times.
6aDl TIL that amongst the crowns, swords and sceptres the oldest British ‘crown jewel’ is a spoon, the Coronation spoon to be precise.
9ppQ TIL Jay-Z pulled his album “American Gangster” from iTunes, saying that “as movies are not sold scene by scene, this collection will not be sold as individual singles.”
E5k0 TIL Elvis was a natural blonde. He started to dye his hair at a young age to have an edgier look.