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TIL All the numbers on a roulette wheel add up to 666.

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N76RP TIL John McTiernan (director of Die Hard and Predator) was sentenced to a year in prison in 2013, because on the set of his 2002 remake of Rollerball, he was illegally wiretapping producer Charles Roven, with whom he frequently clashed on set over the film's production.
X0rPR TIL that boxer Lennox Lewis was behind on points to opponent Vitali Klitschko’s, until landing a punch that forced the fight to end on injury (despite Vitali wanting to continue). Lewis the winner, would then retire from boxing, whilst Vitali continually demanded a rematch over the years.
eMrJ TIL that James Earl Jones once used the handle “Darth Vader” while travelling across the country and spoke, in character, to truck drivers on the CB radio. Apparently, the drivers would really freak out so he stopped doing it.
j6E7v TIL that Abraham Lincoln is in the wrestling hall of fame. His career span 13 years in which he suffered only one defeat in his 300 or so contests.
dDr7 TIL that Jack Gleeson’s portrayal of Joffrey Baratheon is influenced by Joaquin Phoenix’s performance in Gladiator