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TIL James Earl Jones refused to be credited for his role as the voice of Darth Vader until 1997

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44do TIL The character Mark Healy from Roseanne not only could do a dead on impersonation of Grover and Christopher Walken, but also died at the age of 32.
grMO9 TIL By skillful shmoozing(diplomacy), Benjamin Franklin managed to convince the French Court and King Louis XVI to massively support the American Revolution create a Republic; which, in turn virtually bankrupted France and helped lead to the French Revolution....and Louis' demise.
5BYr TIL on two separate occasions, Keanu Reeves has had a female stalker break into his home. The second stalker undressed, took a shower, and then swam naked in his swimming pool.
GnVg TIL Tiger Woods stuttered as a child and used to talk to his dog until he fell asleep in an effort to get rid of it.
m15R TIL that insurgents in Iraq used the geotags from pictures posted to the Internet by soldiers to target and destroy 4 Apache attack helicopters on the ground