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TIL there has never been a movie about Fred Astaire and there never will be. Astaire's will included a clause requesting that no such portrayal ever take place.

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DQOyD TIL that Mercedes Benz, as in the cars Hitler waved out of during his big parades and the silver Grand Prix racers backed by Nazi Germany, took their name from Mercedes Jellinek, the Jewish Austrian daughter of their pre war importer to France.
R9K4 TIL that Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani owns the world’s second most expensive residence in the world, a 27-storey high building containing 21 elevators, 600 staff and 37,000 m2 (400,000 sq ft) of living space. The residence is valued at more than US$ 1 billion.
go89 TIL Dolph Lundgren is the actor that has killed the most characters in action movies.
DEeY TIL Bluetooth technology (and its logo) was named after King Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson because he unified Denmark and Norway much like the technology which unifies electronic devices. The logo consists of the Nordic runes for his initials…H.B.
ADxAn TIL that 11 U.S. states have Privacy in their constitution. Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Montana, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Washington, unlike the U.S. constitution.