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TIL Roald Dahl wrote a Bond film.
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TIL Mrs. Doubtfire was attributed for saving a woman's life after a young girl remembered the Heimlich maneuver famously performed by Robin Williams in the film and helped prevent her mother from choking in the kitchen.
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TIL that besides gold, Fort Knox has also held, among other things, the US Constitution, part of the Hungarian Crown Jewels, and reserves of morphine and opium.
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TIL that Walt Disney had a secret apartment built in Disneyland so he could watch the crowds in his theme park.
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TIL that Billy Mays died of high blood pressure resulting from cocaine use, not from a head injury caused by falling luggage.
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TIL that in the span of only 10 weeks Thornton's Budgens, a supermarket in the UK, was able to create "Plastic-Free Zones" offering over 1,700 products free of plastic packaging.