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TIL Timothee Chalamet (29) is the oldest member of Gen Z this makes him the same Generation as his Wonka costar Calah Lane (15)

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PY9QE TIL Vito Corleone’s cat in The Godfather was a stray that had wandered onto the set.
aw0AN TIL that, on the 1996 opening day of the Jurassic Park ride at Universal Studios Hollywood, Steven Spielberg boarded the ride but requested that he be let off before the 86 foot (26 m) drop.
AOEx TIL the “Betty Boop” cartoon character was the subject of a lawsuit by the popular singer Helen Kane, who claimed her singing style had been ripped off. In court, however, it was proven that Kane had herself stolen the style from the African American singer Baby Esther.
9V8M TIL Vince Lombardi was very anti-prejudice and once told his assisants, regarding gay player Ray McDonald, “If I hear one of you people make reference to his manhood, you’ll be out of here before your ass hits the ground.”
gr58y TIL after the setbacks in the Korean War, US considered using nuclear weapons in North Korea and parts of China, intending to create a belt of radioactive fallout zones between China and North Korea. Enemy could not have marched across that for at least 60 years.