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TIL Antonio Banderas Wants To Make Men’s Capes For A Living

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69KXm TIL that the vehicle from the 1977 post-apocalyptic box office flop "Damnation Alley" was repurposed as the "Paperboy 2000" in comedian Chris Elliot's 1990s sitcom "Get a Life"
x64kk TIL Stars appear to twinkle because their light passes through our atmosphere and is bent and distorted by varying temperatures and densities of air
V0JZ TIL a jury of 6 whites and 6 blacks ruled in 1999 that Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy, most likely by the police and CIA, and covered up by the FBI.
JvDv TIL the BB gun company Daisy originally manufactured windmills, and included a complementary BB gun with each windmill purchase in order to promote sales. The guns became so popular that the company stopped selling windmills and started selling BB guns.
kJOv5 TIL Fine restaurateur Thomas Keller of The French Laundry in California served as food consultant to the Pixar film Ratatouille, allowing its producer, Brad Lewis, to intern for two days in the kitchen of his restaurant.