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TIL Victor Fleming directed both The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind, and did both in the same year (1939).

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4AVw TIL That JK Rowling was originaly going to kill off Ron Weasley. During the christmas feast in the third year Ron was the first one to leave, meaning her prediction of “When 13 dine together, the first to rise will be the first to die” would be correct.
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