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TIL that Oprah's real name is "Orpah"
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TIL that in February 1970, an amateur photographer was taking photos around an airport in Sydney, Australia. It was only after the film was developed that he realized he captured a stowaway's final moments as he fell out of the wheel well of a plane taking off and fell 56 meters to his death.
1ajDr
TIL that the 1,500 Irish Defence Forces members that played the army in Braveheart were promised weekends off, but the shooting often ran over. One weekend, Colonel McCorley ordered the men march off set. "Mel Gibson’s mouth dropped. He couldn’t say anything."
eKYn
TIL that Mark Wahlberg had a cocaine addiction by age 13, and was convicted of attempted murder at 16 after beating a Vietnamese man with a stick and blinding him.
5YEDp
TIL that medical students practice some of the more invasive exams (i.e. rectal, vaginal) on specially trained actors, who guide them through the procedure, as going through real patients from the get-go could damage the confidence of med students
dJMZ
TIL When Prince released “1999”, 1999 was as far in the future as it now is in the past (16.3 years).