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TIL After Leo McCarey won the oscar for best director he said 'Thanks, but you gave it to me for the wrong picture' believing that 'Make Way For Tomorrow', which wasn't even nominated, deserved the award.

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xE9o TIL that 1.3 million pints of donated blood spoil every year since blood only has a 40 day shelf life.
QpKM TIL Samuel L Jackson has dropped 171 F Bombs in his career (-2014)
v1414 TIL of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, an American businessman who died when the RMS Lusitania sank in 1915, after giving his lifejacket to a young mother and her baby. He knew that he could not swim and that there were no other lifeboats available at the time. His body was never recovered.
6nBJ TIL All the paintings Jack carries with him in the movie Titanic are actually drawn by James Cameron (the director). He also drew the nude-Rose picture himself.
dVNE TIL marijuana is more common in Bhutan then grass (no pun). They use it for pig feed.