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TIL That since 1825, every bald Russian president has succeeded a hairy one and vice versa.

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5eyp TIL that in the movie ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’, most of the bruises seen on Rooney Mara’s body when she takes a shower are real; the physicality of shooting the rape scene the day before resulted in countless bruises on the actresses wrists, neck and torso
4XpEN TIL Dennis Quaid’s face appeared on warning labels of vials of blood thinner Heparin to remind nurses not to accidentally inject patients with high concentration doses after Quaid’s newborn twins almost died of an accidental overdose
PYEBg TIL that none of the actors in the infamous “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast from 1938 intended for the citizens of America to take it as seriously as they did, considering that many of the scripts were improvised and most of the sound effects came from houseware items
woEYE TIL in 1926 a Canadian financier’s will left his Jamaican holiday home to 3 men who despised each other - as long as they lived in the property together; shares in a jockey club to anti-horse-racing advocates; and shares in a brewing company to Protestant ministers who opposed alcohol consumption.
6Ke8 TIL that if Massachusetts were a country, its students would rank 9th in the world at math, 4th in the world at reading, and 2nd in the world at science, behind only Singapore..