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TIL Warner Bros. threatened movie theaters with blockage of future posters if they showed a parody movie of Harry Potter

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ngEW TIL Sir Anthony Hopkins is renowned for his ability to memorize lines. He did the 7 page Amistad courtroom speech in one take and usually has his co-actors practice with stand in’s then comes and does it in one take when they are fully ready.
d8D8 TIL hemophilia is prominent in European royalty, because royal families engaged in copious amounts of incest, spreading the hemophilia gene
R7XB8 TIL about the sick building syndrome, a condition in which people in a building suffer from symptoms of illness or become infected with chronic disease from the building in which they work or reside. Misplanned aerodynamics and defective construction materials are among the causes of SBS.
X0QEk TIL that there are twelve US federal judges who were first appointed to the bench by Ronald Reagan that are still serving.
DkOV TIL that Anonymous chose the Guy Fawkes mask out of practicality and not for its meaning; it was the only mask readily available worldwide for their 2008 protest against Scientology.