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TIL Danny Boyle, director of 28 Days Later and Slumdog Millionaire, declined knighthood for directing London Olympic opening ceremony. Proclaming he is proud equel citizen and that's what ceremony was about.

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69mol TIL about a short series of Garfield comic strips in Halloween 1989 that depict Garfield waking up in an abandoned house, alone and starving. Jim Davis wrote them “…to scare people. And what do people fear most? Why, being alone.”
EgOwp TIL Cindy Williams left "Laverne & Shirley" because producers insisted she work on her baby's due date.
kKwd TIL that in the 1920s, Hitler hired a photographer to take pictures of his poses while he rehearsed his speeches so that he could see if his poses went along well with the content.
dDMJd TIL The acuity of Aqaba in Jordan intentionally sank 21 tanks, anti-aircraft, and other military memorabilia to create an underwater museum for divers
9wWYG TIL in 1989 the Super Bowl XXIII halftime show was headlined by an Elvis impersonator named Elvis Presto, and not a single actual Elvis song was performed.