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TIL Great White sharks are warm-blooded

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Zmlv TIL that five years after Slumdog Millionaire won the Oscar, Danny Boyle still goes to India once a year to check in on the child actors.
g719 TIL actress Tallulah Bankhead was infamous for not wearing underwear. During the filming of Lifeboat, the crew complained about her flashing them when she had to climb a ladder. Director Alfred Hitchcock reportedly quipped that he didn’t know if it was a matter for wardrobe or hairdressing.
QJMbe TIL one of the first science fiction stories, ‘Description of a New World, Called a Blazing World,’ was written in 1666 by the Duchess Margaret Cavendish. She helped popularize scientific advancements, like the telescope and microscope, and was considered the first female philosopher of her time.
l7Wk5 TIL that in the early 19th century, the bones of soldiers and horses from the Battle of Waterloo were used to whiten brown sugar into refined white sugar.
PWEE TIL of The Hole which is a place of confinement where Scientology executives are held against their will.