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TIL about the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned Chinese workers from the U.S. for more than 60 years from 1882 until 1943

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V5dZ TIL During ‘Brainstorm’ filming, Natalie Wood drowned while on a boat with Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken. Wood’s body was discovered 1Mile away and small dinghy found nearby. The autopsy showed bruises on her body and arms as well as an abrasion on her left cheek.
MeN7B TIL No matter how messed up Slash from Guns N' Roses was on alcohol and drugs in his 80s hard partying days, he was always polite and had good manners
VW8 TIL the US ranks #1 in private gun ownership. Private citizens own almost 90 times more guns than the US military.
n787 TIL Christopher Walken doesn’t like to watch his early movies because he thinks he was too “pretty”.
xW8g TIL men’s and women’s clothes button on opposite sides due to historical tradition where men needed quick access to their weapon using their right hand, while wealthy women were dressed by servants with the button configuration being flipped for easier access by the servants