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TIL when Bette Davis diminished Joan Crawford's career by saying she got it through the casting couch, Crawford responded: "It sure as hell beats the hard cold floor."

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p8Kj4 TIL that in July of this year a female National Guard soldier graduated from Special Forces training and received her Green Beret, the first in history to do so. The soldier’s name and other biographical information have been withheld by the Army for personal and operational security reasons.
Wk0kL TIL that the Placebo effect works even when you know that it is a Placebo.
rRL7o TIL: Encyclopedia Britannica was the oldest continuously published reference source in the English language. The last printed edition was published in 2010. The publisher was at that time 244 years old.
xVEZo TIL - The inventor of the USB had originally intended for it to be flippable, however that idea was scrapped due to the extra cost. Despite USB becoming the standard, he still regrets that decision. "In hindsight, we blew it," he said.
5Ve4P TIL that Elton John considers Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" to be one of the best songs ever written.