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TIL Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh was born Jennifer Leigh Morrow, daughter of actor Vic Morrow who was decapitated by a helicopter while filming Twilight Zone: The Movie

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WkNn8 TIL The Maori word for France is Wīwī - a play on the French 'oui, oui'
PjQn TIL the real-life Captain Sobel, from Band of Brothers (David Scwimmer) shot himself in the 60s and died of malnutrition in the 80s. No services were held for his death.
EleX TIL Julian Lennon had to buy the letters he wrote to his father (John Lennon) at an auction, because Yoko Ono wouldn’t give them to him.
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