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TIL Steve-O and Mike Tyson Did Coke in a Bathroom and Thought They Solved Racism

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kOV4 TIL Natalie Portman dislocated her rib during production of Black Swan and discovered that the film’s budget was so low they couldn’t afford a medic. The actress gave up her trailer so one could be hired.
WkG0B TIL Russians do not actually use the term comrade and the term is actually translated as tovarisch and used as such
VQYk TIL, In the novel I Am Legend, the vampires fear crosses, garlic and mirrors, only because they think they should.
WyPA TIL Nikolas Tesla rejected Einstein’s Theory of Relativity on claims of discoveries that he worked out a dynamic theory of gravity which he never published.
epAWn TIL about the Théâtrophone, a 19th-20th century "theatre phone" system that let subscribers listen to live opera and theatre performances over telephone lines.