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TIL that James Franco launched a college course entitled "Master Class: Editing James Franco...with James Franco," in which student editors are to compile a 30 minute documentary on Franco, using behind the scenes footage of Franco supplied by Franco, to "create a cinematic image of James Franco."

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0wp5N TIL John Carmack would ask for a medium pepperoni pizza from Domino's Pizza almost every day, during his time at id Software, and it was even carried by the same delivery person for more than 15 years. Carmack is such a regular customer that they still charge him 1995 prices.
P74Z TIL For the last 30 years EVERY member of Congress has received monthly copies of Hustler Magazine.
WZOX TIL that after he was accused of witchcraft, Giles Corey was subjected to “pressing.” He was stripped naked and weight was added to a heavy plank on his chest to force him to plead innocent or guilty. Each time he was asked to make his plea, he said “more weight” and was eventually crushed to death.
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m1w0E TIL of Philae 436, likely the very last ancient Egyptian heiroglyphs to be carved.