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TIL Samuel L. Jackson requested to have a purple lightsaber in order to make his character stand out in the Star Wars films

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Yp8Jx TIL actress Jennifer Connelly inspired Princess Jasmine's appearance in 'Aladdin'. The final appearance of Jasmine consequently inspired the studio to redesign Aladdin based on actor Tom Cruise because Disney felt the original depiction was 'too scrawny' to have believable chemistry with Jasmine.
1RnO TIL that in Sydney Australia snipers are deployed to protect colonies of little penguins from predators
9wrmX TIL the last Grand Duchess of Russia passed away in 1960 in a small Toronto apartment
wBeP TIL Volvo released the first car with 3 point seatbelts, the Amazon, and gave the seatbelt design away for free to save lives.
5VQJQ TIL that in "Maleficent", Angelina Jolie's own daughter had to play the younger version of Aurora, because they were unable to find any other young girl who wasn't too scared to go near Angelina in her Maleficent costume.