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TIL Dennis Rodman changed his image after seeing Wesley Snipes' portrayal of Simon Phoenix in the 1993 sci-fi action flick Demolition Man.

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kOG6m TIL Before Chesley Sullenberger and The Miracle on the Hudson Capt. Carlos Dardano landed a 737 on a narrow levee in New Orleans after the engines flamed out in a rainstorm in 1988. Capt. Dardano also only had one eye from when his plane was shot at during the civil war in El Salvador.
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WjJY TIL French film star Brigitte Bardot has been prosecuted 5 times in France for criticizing Islam
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