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TIL Isaac Asimov supported feminism even before the Women’s Liberation became a widespread movement, and that he joked that he wished women to be free “because I hate it when they charge”.

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8aDo4 TIL that Reba McEntire was offered the role of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" in James Cameron's Titanic, but turned it down due to filming being delayed beyond the 3 months she set aside to film it and she was worried about the people on her payroll not being able to work.
PYp5E TIL that E.B. White hated the Hanna-Barbera animated film adaptation of his novel Charlotte's Web, saying "The story is interrupted every few minutes so that somebody can sing a jolly song. I don't care much for jolly songs."
m1PJo TIL In 1984 Basketball sneakers had to be 51% white and team colours with a fine of $5k per game for noncompliance. Nike signed the then rookie Michael Jordan, designed a red and black sneaker 23% white and paid $410k fines in his rookie year. Jordans generated approx $126million sales the 1st year
OoNnL TIL of Operation Nemesis which aimed to take revenge against the people responsible for the Armenian genocide. Seven assassinations were secretly carried out in a span of two years.
aOrL TIL Sheep breeders put chalk on the male sheep, which leaves a chalk mark on the females it’s mated with to monitor reproduction.