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TIL Richard A. Rizzo being suspended 7 times and arrested 4 times is still a Chicago cop.

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oRmQR TIL that Orson Welles was originally supposed to voice "Star Wars" villain Darth Vader, but the role was ultimately given to James Earl Jones as George Lucas feared that Welles’ voice would be too recognizable.
OoM41 TIL that tigers grow to be 150 times their birth weight by the time they’re adults compared to about 15 times for (most healthy) humans.
KOB9B TIL of the systematic destruction of the Armenian cemetery at Julfa. In response to charges from Armenia and various international organisations and despite overwhelming evidence of their involvement, the Azerbaijani government insisted that the cemetery and the monuments within had never existed.
l7ZD5 TIL that 1984's "The Terminator" was made for a budget of $6.4M -- less than $20M today when adjusted for inflation. By contrast, 2019 bomb "Terminator: Dark Fate" had a production budget of $196M.
b6JBZ TIL Frances Bean Cobain (daughter of Kurt Cobain) filed for divorce from her 1st husband, Isaiah Silva, in 2016 after less than 2 years of marriage. They ended up fighting for custody of Kurt's guitar played during his MTV Unplugged performance in November 1993. The court awarded it to Silva.