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TIL that 96 health groups accepted money from CocaCola/Pepsi to tell us that soda does not lead to obesity and health problems.

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007L TIL George Lucas stated Sean Connery’s portrayal of James Bond was one of the primary inspirations for Indiana Jones, a reason Connery was chosen for the role of Indiana’s father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
VBpGD TIL One of the reasons that Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton Had their famous duel was because Burr wanted to turn the Manhattan Company into a bank. After the death of Hamilton he did just that helping to start the Manhattan Bank which later on became JPMorgan Chase.
78nGP TIL that despite publicly denouncing the film adaptation of his novel, I Spit on Your Graves, Boris Vian attended movie’s premiere in 1959. A few minutes into the screening, he stood up and began shouting out his dissatisfaction with it, during which he suddenly collapsed and died.
9wx9m TIL that in 1990 filmmaker Martin Scorsese played Vincent Van Gogh in Akira Kurosawa’s film ‘Dreams’.
e0neE TIL: Lady Dai, death in 163 BC, considered the best preserved mummy in the world. Upon discovery she still had moist, soft skin, movable limbs, intact organs and veins with still small amounts of type A blood in them, distinct finger prints and more!