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TIL that Shirley Temple’s hairstyle was done by her mother for every film… and each time, there were 56 curls.

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neAk7 TIL Despite a relatively short career before his death, every film actor John Cazale was in was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture from The Godfather, Dog Day Afternoon, and his final film The Deer Hunter
dvjj TIL Lorenzo Music, the Garfield voice actor, volunteered at a suicide hotline. Sometimes a caller would recognize his voice, “My wife left me, I’m broke, I have an incurable disease… Hey, you know you sound like that cat on TV?”
ADlWn TIL that the modern fairy tale version of 'Beauty and the Beast' can be traced back almost 300 years to French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneu in 1740, but research seems to indicate that the story of Beauty And The Beast is about 4,000 years old (as is Rumpelstiltskin).
8ar5X TIL that ears of corn generally have an even number of rows, which is usually 16.
Egd0w TIL The smallest waist ever recorded was 33 cm (12.99″) set by Ethel Granger of England in the early 1920’s.