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TIL “eye of newt” in Macbeth is just a term for mustard seed

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B90e TIL “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is based on a poem Tim Burton wrote in 1982 while working at Disney, who had purchased the film rights but felt it was too weird. Years later (after being fired from Disney) Tim realized they still owned the rights and convinced Disney to green light the movie.
10vX TIL when brought before McCarthy’s ‘House Committee on Un-American Activities’ communist investigation, Ronald Reagan, then president of the Screen Actors Guild, named names when asked about actors in his union who could be 'communist sympathizers’. This resulted in his first wife divorcing him.
X1Vj TIL that Jochen Rindt was the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship, after dying in a crash. He had promised his wife that he would retire if he won.
oRp5A TIL about Strongheart, a male German shepherd who was one of the earliest canine movie stars. Originally trained as a police dog, Strongheart served in the German Red Cross during World War I. Tragically he was burnt in an accident with a hot studio light, dying at age 11 on June 24, 1929.
vPpNK TIL that drinking too much coffee (more than six cups per day) can reduce brain size and cause dementia