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TIL Craig Gillespie, director of the upcoming Tonya Harding biopic "I, Tonya" also directed a Campbell's Soup commercial from the early 1990s starring Nancy Kerrigan

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pYxjO TIL at the 2005 London Marathon, Paula Radcliffe, in desperate need of a toilet break during the race, stopped by the roadside in full view of the crowd and live TV cameras to defecate. She still won with a time of 2:17:42, a world's best time for a women's only race by over a minute at the time.
LonZ TIL after Steven Spielberg found out nobody would let them film The Terminal in their airport, he had a depiction of the inside of the Düsseldorf International Airport built from the ground up inside a US Air Force hangar.
plYZ TIL of Lagrange Points 4,5: special spots in space in which any object placed there will remain locked there forever
rewe TIL Baseball is so popular in Japan that many fans are surprised to discover its status as America’s national pastime.
QNEap TIL that James Cameron's "True Lies" was the first movie to have a $100 million budget