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TIL that Zohran Mamdani's Mother, Golden Lion winner & Oscar, BAFTA, & Golden Globe nominee, Mira Nair, was offered to direct Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), and was convinced by Zohran to turn it down in favor of making The Namesake (2006) and to cast Kal Penn in it.

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16xW7 TIL that drowning doesn't happen as it's often depicted in the movies, flailing their arms and yelling for help. Once a person starts to drown, they can’t yell or move their arms voluntarily, and won't make much of a scene.
8aPeX TIL in 2000, author J.K. Rowling gave her father the first edition of 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' for Father's Day and signed it: "Lots of love from your first born." Three years later, he sold it for £27,500.
DQxeP TIL only 20% of children and teens with mental health disorders in the US are receiving treatment
P1l4n TIL after making some anti-Semitic comments, Lou Reed was asked if he was Jewish, to which he replied: “Of course, aren’t all the best people?” However, when asked by journalist Lester Bangs about how his songs relate to being Jewish, Reed contrarily answered that he didn’t know any Jewish people.
6Erw8 TIL in 1973 a Concorde aircraft prototype performed the longest observation of a total solar eclipse (74 minutes)