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TIL Diamonds aren’t actually rare, and their availability is restricted by one monopolizing company to keep market prices high

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6ybW TIL that James Earl Jones declined to have his name appear on the credits of both Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), claiming that he felt his contribution wasn’t significant enough to warrant a credit.
9YmQQ TIL that Pixar producer Darla K. Anderson used to play practical jokes on director Andrew Stanton. As revenge, Stanton named the fish killer in Finding Nemo after her.
R7KAw TIL the famous "I drink your milkshake" line from "There Will Be Blood" was based on actual dialogue spoken by Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall during a 1924 congressional hearing about the Teapot Dome scandal
voox TIL in Denmark there are facilities called “fix rooms” letting addicts inject certain type of drugs under supervision.
m1LdM TIL that in the Victorian era, many people took photos with their dead relatives