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TIL that Sister Act was originally intended as a vehicle for Bette Midler. When Whoopi Goldberg got the role, after Midler turned it down, the writer, Paul Rudnick, did not want to be associated with the film and was credited under a pseudonym.

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KOryE TIL when kids in Asia lose baby teeth from their lower jaw, they throw the teeth on the roof of the house. Those from the upper jaw are thrown on the floor or buried. They believe the new teeth grow toward the lost teeth.
oBWyK TIL Mae Jenson, the first black woman astronaut, was inspired to become an astronaut as a child by the black female character Lieutenant Uhura from Star Trek. Nearly 30 years later she became the first real astronaut to appear on Star Trek, in an episode of Star Trek: TNG
9YkyM TIL that Miley Cyrus first job was to pick up the bras and underwear from her dad's tour stage that his fans would throw and she got paid $10 for it.
eW1L TIL that in 2000 the major motorcycle companies of the world reached a gentlemen’s agreement to end a speed war of one-upmanship to try make the worlds fastest production bike, as they feared speeds would escalate to extremely dangerous speeds before it would end. A limit of 186 mph was agreed.
pYyLA TIL that the first documented infringement of the Volstead Act was less than an hour after it came into force, when $100,000 worth of whisky was stolen by armed men.