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TIL that after Christian Slater took over River Phoenix's upcoming film role in Interview with a Vampire because of Phoenix's death, Slater donated his entire $250k salary to 2 charities Phoenix supported.

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nen0B TIL that Frank Lloyd Wright designed Fallingwater in 2 hours. He assured his commissioner that he had been working on it, but in reality he hadn't started. When his commissioner suddenly announced he would be visiting, Wright drew the plans in the time it took the commissioner to drive up.
X07WQ TIL that The Great Gatsby was largely considered forgettable and a commercial failure when it was published in 1925. It was only after WWII, during which free copies of novels were sent to US soldiers overseas, that the book was re-examined and became a core part of American high school curriculums.
kO70W Today I learned about the Lythronax (LYE-thro-nax) is a genus of tyrannosaurid dinosaur that lived in North America around 80.6–79.9 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period. The only known specimen was discovered in Utah , what's cool is Lythronax translated means "Gore King"
XK6X TIL that during World War 2, the British captured Germans and put them in a bugged mansion where they served them wine and food and thus they were able to gather important intelligence from casual conversations between the ‘prisoners’ that helped them greatly win the war
nQjb TIL the Lee-Enfield rifle has been in active service with at least one military since 1895 (currently still used by the Canadian Rangers)